270 THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



1468. Pavoncella pugnax. Buff and Keeve. Feeds greedily 

 on rice. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 688. Insects, Crustacea and wonrs. 

 F. I. IV, 270. Seeds, insects and worms. E. B. C. N. H., 285. 



Tringince. Stints. Soft insects, worms larvae, small ciiis- 

 tacea and mollusca. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 687. 



Tringa. Worms, small Crustacea and insects and their larvae, 

 which are obtained either from the sand or mud banks on the 

 coast, or in estuaries, or from marshy ground inland. F. I. IV, 272. 



1471. Tringa minuta. Little Stint. 



Stomachs ex mined 



14-4-09. 3 Copelatus pugnax. 



8 Small shells. (Planorbi-i sp.). 



Other insect remains unidentifiable. 

 15-4-08. 12 Copelatus pugnax. 



Shell remains. 

 2Q-*-09. Small .broken spiral shells. (No. 5). 



Summary. Fifteen neutral insects taken. All 3 birds had 

 eaten shells. 



Scolopacince. Snipes feed on worms and soft larvse. Jerd. 

 B. I. Ill, 669. 



1482. Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock Worms. Jerd. B. I. 

 III. I have found worms of all sizes and shapes, grubs, larvae, 

 fragments of black Coleoptera, tiny scraps of grass, and a sticky 

 glutinous animal substance. Besides this their gizzards always 

 contain a quantity of gravel. H. M. G. B. I. Ill, 316. Chiefly 

 worms, grubs, and insects. F. I. IV, 284. Worms, small 

 molluscs, and insects. E. B. C. N. H., 289. 



1483. Gallinago nemoricola. Wood- snipe Not such a great 

 devourer of worms as the Woodcock : large naked soft grubs, 

 small aquatic insects and remains of insects especially tiry 

 black Coleoptera, small hard black seeds probably accicerUlh 

 taken, though. Hodgson also notes these, ard gravel. H. ? 

 G. B. I., 329. Grubs and insects. F. I. IV, 286. 



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