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THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



Stomachs examined c ontd . 



5 Stones and bits of brick. 

 25-4-09. 20 Camponotus compressus. 



3 MyrmecocyStus setipes. 



1 Cremastogoster subnuda. 



1 Opatrum mesonotnm. 



8 Mesomorpha villiger. 



5 Himatismus sp. 



1 Monophlebus octocaudata. 



1 Clavigralla horrens. 



8 Oat grains. 



20 Leguminous seeds (No. 5). 

 63 Seeds (No. 16). 



14 Leguminous seeds (Nos. 3, 7, 9, 20). 



3 Seeds (No. 14). 



ft? Panicum sp. seeds (No. 10). 



1 Seed (No 24). 



1 Small stone. 



2 Pieces of brick considerable amount of land. 

 254-09. 15 Camponotus compressus. 



15 Mesomorpha villiger. 

 2 Sphenoptera gossypii. 



6 Himatismus sp. 



2 GymnopleuruK parvus. 

 6 Onthophagus damn. 

 1 Weevil sp. 



1 Cutworm (Agrotis sp.). 

 20 Oats. 



11 Leguminous seeds (No. 5). 



12 Seeds (No. 16). 

 A few buds. 



5 Shot. 

 25-4-09. 6 Camponotus compresaus. 



2 (Ecophylla smaragdina. 

 10 Mesomorpha villiger. 



4 Himatismus sp. 



8 Leguminous seeds (No. 5). 



9 Seeds (No. 16-). 



(These are eaten in the pod.) 



3 Seeds of Abrus precatorius. 



9 Oat husks, some vegetable matter. 

 2;-4-09. 12 Myrmecocystus setipes. 

 1 Serica lugubris. 

 1 Sphenoptera gossypii. (?) 

 1 Wheat grains. 

 1 Oat. 

 34 Leguminous seeds (No. 5). 



4 Seeds (No. 9). 



1 Seed (No. 16). 



2 Leguminous seeds (No. 3). 



much vegetable matter including many (43 approz.) oat huiki. 



