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Davison speaking of the Rain tynail-Coturnix coromandelica, 

 says: " I hardly ever walked out without discovering broken eggs 

 lying about. I suspect the Common Crow-Pheasant and a large 

 lizard are generally the offenders. H. M. G. B. II, 157. 



Stomach .s examii Led 



4-2-08. 8 Tryxalissp. 



1 Copris orientalis. 



1 Centipede. 



2 Land crabs. 

 4 Spiders. 



7 Shells. (Opercula of Vivipara or Ampullaria sp. ). 

 Leaves and much vegetable matter. 



20-5-08. 15 Brachytrypes achatinus. 



2 Chrotogonus sp. 



3 Tryxalis sp. 



12 Grasshopper larvae. 



4 (Ecophylla smaragdina. 

 1 Anomala varians. 



1 Cutworm (Agrotis sp. larva.) 



8 Hemiptera spp. 

 7 Spiders. 



23-5-08. 14 Brachytrypes achatinus. 



5 Opatrum sp. 

 20-7-08. 2 Grasshoppers. 



1 Anomala viridis. 

 1 Chlaenius sp. Pusa No. 227. 

 1 Carabid. 

 11 Astycus lateralis. 



1 Tanymecus sp. 



2 Lizards' tails. 



1 Mollusc (bivalve) (Gorbicula nrientalis). 

 17-10-07. 2 Chrotogonus sp. 



5 Camponotus compressus. 

 15 Opatrum depressum. 



3 Small frogs. 



Grass and leaves, &c. 



Summary. OM13 insects taken by 5 birds, 2 are beneficial, 88 

 injurious, and 23 neutral. 1 bird took beneficial insects, 4 neutral 

 and all 5 injurious. 



Molluscs were taken by 2 birds, centipedes by 1, crabs by 1, 

 spiders by 2, lizards by 1, frogs by 1 and vegetable matter by 2. 

 Doubtfully beneficial. 



1132. Centropus andamanensis. Andaman Coucal. Frogs, 

 crabs. B. N. H. S. J, XII, 566, 



