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Stomach examined 



14-4-09. 1 Scleron denticolle. 



1 Weevil. 



6 beetles. (Pusa No. 1184). 

 1 Carabid grub. 

 1 Tabanid. 

 8 Dipterous larva. 



Summary. Two injurious insects, 1 beneficial, and 15 neutral. 

 Hcem itopodincB. 



Hcematopus. Various molluscs, worms, and small Crustacea. 

 Jerd. B. I. Ill, 659. 



1450. Hcematopus ostralegus. Chiefly mollusca ; open bi- 

 valves ; also worms and various sea insects. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 660. 

 Molluscs and crustacea. F. E. IV, 246. Feeding on crustaceans 

 mostly. B. 0. H. S. J. XIV, I. Molluscs and shell fish. Bombay 

 Gaz., Ahmedabad, IV, 91. Limpets in Scotland, E. B. C. N. H. 

 Ill, 56. Mussels. E. B. C. N. H., 276. 



1451. Himantopus candidus. Insects, small molluscs, and 

 worms. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 7056. F. I. IV, 248. Insects, &c. E. B. C. 

 N. H., 277. 



1452. Recurvirostra avocetta. Small worms, young molluscs, 

 and larvae of water insects. (Pallas). In Central Asia on small 

 worms, insects and saline, crustacea. Jerd B. I. Ill, 706. Insects, 

 small molluscs and worms. F. I. 4, 249. Aquatic creatures. 

 E. B. C. N. H., 278. 



1453. Ibidorhynchus sir uthersi. Minute univalves. Jerd. B. I. 



III, 686. Insects, and, it is said, crustacea and mollusca. F. I. 



IV, 250. 



Totaniince. Sand-pipers pick up various small crustacea 

 and mollusca, generally from the surface of the ground. Jerd. 

 B. I. IV, III, 696. 



1454. Numenius arquata. Shells. B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 769. 

 Insects, worms, berries, and so forth. E. B. C. N. H., 288. 



1456. Limosa belgica. It feeds partly on insects, mollusca 

 and worms, partly in India at all events on rice and millet. F. I. 



