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Stom chs examined contd. 



20-3-07. 1 Coleopterous elytron. 



A little sand. 

 24-3-07. Empty. 



22-3-08. 1 Opatrum sp. 



3 Myllocerus sp. 



Some insect remains (beetles.) 

 A little broken shell and sand. 

 12-4-08. 1 Hyphoporus aper. 



1 Crab ? 



Broken shells. (Planorbis) and sand. 

 12-4-08. 12 Hyphoporus aper. 

 13 Small shells. 

 1 Prawn. 



Some insect remains and sand. 

 1 l-H-07. Broken shells. (Planorbis). 



Some sand. 

 11-11-07. Empty. 



Summary. Of 20 insects taken by 10 birds, 15 are neutral, 3 

 injurious and 2 beneficial, 1 bird took beneficial insects, 1 injurious 

 and 2 neutral. Shells were eaten by 6, a prawn by 1 and a crab 

 by 1. 



1464. Totanus calidris. Redshank. Molluscs, crustacears, 

 worms, and aquatic insects. E. B. C. N. H., 283. Fish. B. N. 

 H. S. J. XIV, 770. 



Stomachs examined 



12-1-08. 1 Small snail. (Corbicula orientalis.) 



Some sand. 



22-1-09. 1 Small snail. (Corbicula orientalis.) 



3 Small stones. 



Some green water weed. 



Some sand. 



Summary. Both birds took snails, one some aquatic weed. 



1465. Totanus fuscus. Spotted Redshank. Fish. B. N. H. 

 S. J. XVI, 766. 



1466. Totanus glottis. Greenshank. Occasionally eats fish. 

 E. B. C. N. H., 284. 



1467. Totanus guttifer. Armstrong's Sand-piper. " The 

 stomachs of some I killed contained small fish ard cirstscea, while 

 those of others were crammed with larvae and small molrusca." 

 (Dr. Armstrong). H. M. G. B. Ill, 404. 



