MASON AND LEFKOY. 169 



bungalow verandah. These crickets are largely eaten during 

 the rains. 



1045. H. pileata. Black-capped Kingfisher. Fish and insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., I, 226. Fish and crabs. F. I., Ill, 134. Fish and 

 beetles (H. surinamensis). B. N. H. S. J., XIII, 379. Land crabs. 

 B. N. H. S. J., XI, 164. 



1046. Callialcyon lilacina. Ruddy Kingfisher. Insects, small 

 reptiles. B. N. H. S. J., X, 540. 



1047. Sauropatis chloris. White-collared Kingfisher. Feeds 

 largely on grasshoppers as well as fish. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 163. 

 Small crabs, and molluscs. Bombay. Gaz., Cutch, Vol. X, p. 64. 



1048. S. occipitalis. Blyth's White-collared Kingfisher. 

 Lizards and shell fish. F. I., Ill, 137. 



1049. Caridagrus concretus. Sumatran Kingfisher. Lizards 

 and large wood lice. F. I., Ill, 138. 



1050. Carcineutes pulchellds. Banded Kingfisher. Lizards 

 and various insects. F. I., Ill, 139. 



BUCEROTID^E. 



Hornbills live almost entirely on fruit, which they swallow 

 whole. In captivity they will eat small birds, mice, meat, rice or 

 anything that is offered to them. It is said that some of the 

 African species live on reptiles, beetles and even on carrion. Jerd. 

 B. I., I, 240-241. 



BucerotidcB. Fruits and insects the latter occasionally hawked 

 for in the air, constitute the normal food, but the larger forms 

 devour small mammals, birds, eggs and reptiles, with grubs 

 flowers and young shoots. Berries of Strychnos and figs seem 

 greatly in favour. E. B. G. N. H., 392. Hornbills are all mainly 

 frugivorous. Imp. Gaz., I, 249. 



1051. Dichoceros bicornis. The Great Ho rnbill. Snails, beetles 

 and centipedes, will eat fruit, lizards, snakes and insects. B. N. 

 H. S. J., X, 400 ? Food consists mainly of fruit, but insects and 

 lizards are also eten. Tickell F. I., Ill, 143. Fruit (fig, &c.), 



