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Stomachs examined contd. 



1 Onitis distinctus. 

 1 Cydnus nigritus. 

 13-6-09. 7 Chrotogonus sp. 



Remains of some ants. 

 1 Onitis distinctus. 

 I Myllocerus sp. 

 1 Small shell (Bythinia sp.). 

 12-10-08. 3 Chrotogonus sp. 



3 Onthophagus spinifer. 



1 Gymnopleurus miliaris. 



4 Small weed seeds. 



Summary. Of 118 insects taken by 9 birds, 51 are injurious ; 

 6 birds took injurious insects, 4 neutral and 4 injurious. One bird 

 took a prawn, 1 a shell, and 2 vegetable matter. 



1433. Sarciophorus malabaricus. Yellow-wattled Lapwing. 

 Beetles, white ants and worms. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 650. Insects. 

 F. I. IV, 227. 



1435. Hoplopterus ventralis. Indian Spur-winged Plover. 



Stomachs examined 



12-1-08. 

 10-2-07. 

 10-2-09. 



12-4-07. 



fAll contained small molluscs only (chiefly Melartia luberculata). 



J- 4 U / 



9-10-08. 

 9-10-08. 

 8-11-07. 



1436. Vanellus vulgaris. Peewit. Habits similar to those of 

 Indian Plovers. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 644. Chiefly on worms, insects 

 and their larvae. F. I. IV., 231. 



1437. Chettusia gregaria. Sociable Lapwing. Feeding in 

 paddy fields. B. N. H. S. J. XVI, 8. 



Charadrius. Golden Plovers feed on worms and irsects. F. 

 I. I. IV, 235. 



1439. Charadrius fulvus. Eastern Golden Plover. Beetles 

 and other hard insects, worms, &c. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 639. 



1447. Aegialitis dubia. Little Ringed Plover. Insects. Jerd. 

 B. I. Ill, 364. F. I. IV, 243. 



