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Among decaying bark for insects. Jerd. B. I., I, 301. 



1002. Sasia ochracea. Rufous Piculet. Entirely insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., I, 302. 



Various insects, partly at all events Coleoptera. F. I., Ill, 78. 



lyngince. Wrynecks. Feed chiefly upon the ground on ants 

 and the like, and do not seek for insects under the bark of trees to 

 the same extent that wood-peckers do. E. B. C. N. H-, 464. 



1003. lynx torquilla. The Common Wryneck. Various 

 insects chiefly ants captured on the ground. F. I., Ill, 78. 



Chiefly ants off the ground or occasionally on the boughs of 

 trees. Also ant's eggs (pupae ?). Jerd. B. I., I, 303. 



Stomachs examined 



12-2-07. 205 Phidole malinsi. 



13-3-07. 353 Phidole malinsi. 



1 3-3-07. 4 Camponotus compressus. 



420 Phidole malinsi. 



10-3-08. 95 Phidole malinsi. 



.1 Camponotus compressus. 



4 Myllocerus discolor. 



1-4-07. 72 Phidole malinsi. 



16-4-07. 173 Phidole malinsi. 



1 Myllocerus maculosus. 



16_4_07. 201 Phidole malinsi. 



6 Camponotus compressus. 



3 Myllocerus discolor. 



26-9-09. 33 Camponotus compressus. 



Summary. Of 1,540 insects taken by 7 birds, 21 are injurious 

 and 1,519 neutral, the latter being entirely compo'sed of a small ant 

 Phidole malinsi. 



The Wryneck obtains most of its food on the ground among 

 low crops. I obtained nearly all these specimens among cotton, 

 which crop it especially appears to frequent. It is not a common 

 bird and may easily be overlooked. I have not noticed it on the 

 ground in the jungle : a winter migrant so far observed between the 

 two following dates during the cold weather, September 26 (1909), 

 and March 25 (1907). 



Picince. The Wood-peckers are not well represented on the 

 plains. Of some 50 species recorded as Indian, only 10 or so occur 



