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Stomachs examined contd. 



7 Mustard seeds. 

 3 Rahar seeds. 



12-4-08. 31 Wheat grains. 

 10 Mustard seeds. 



2 Barley grains. 

 22-4-07. 73 Wheat grains. 



9 Barley grains. 



3 Linseed seeds. 



12 Weed seeds, various. 

 3-11-08. 12 Wheat grains. 



74 Weed seeds, various. 

 27-12-06. 94 Paddy grains. 



12 Wheat grains. 

 17 Mustard seeds. 



Ten or eleven other specimens examined have contained no- 

 thing but small weed seeds. What has already been noted of T. 

 suratensis practically applies to this bird also. The present 

 species is perhaps more often noticeable in waste pieces of land and 

 seems partial to the vicinity of babul trees (Acacia arabica). It 

 usually occurs in small flocks of five or six birds, while T. suratensis 

 almost invariably occurs singly or in pairs. When the paddy crop 

 becomes ripe, this bird apparently feeds entirely on this grain, and 

 though no doubt gleaning to a certain extent does some appreciable 

 damage. A number of specimens were examined in November, 

 and these proved to have taken paddy only as food. 



1311. (Enopopelia tranquebarica. Red Turtle-Dove. In fields 

 where grain was scattered. B. N. H. S. J. XII, 689. 



Stomachs examined 



22-6-08. 174. Grass seeds and other vegetable matter. 

 22-6-08. 112. Grass and other weeds seeds. 



Macropygiince. Cuckoo doves. More or less frugivorous, oc- 

 casionally feeding on the ground. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 472. 



Macropygia. 'Chiefly seeds and berries, one very favourite fruit 

 being the chilli (Capsicum fastigiatum), of which it consumes an 

 enormous quantity. (W. R. 1. c. p., 215). F. I. IV, 49. 



1312. M. tusalia.- Various fruits. Jerd. B. I, III, 476. 



1313. M. rufipennis. (Davison) exclusively on Nepal chil- 

 lies ; small black seeds (No, 1 shot), 39, Green berries like 



