280 fHE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



HERODIONES, 



Hero Hones. Ibises, Spoonbills, Storks, Herons. Carnivore us ? 

 especially fish and are seldom used for food. 

 S. M. F. Z., 1908. 



Sub -order : Platalece. 



I^ididce. Chiefly aquatic insects, molluscs, crustaceans and 

 worms ; but small fish, lizards, newts, frogs, grasshoppers and 

 beetles form part of the diet. E. B. C. N. H., 100. 



1541. Ibis melanocephala. White Ibis. Molluscs, Crustacea, 

 insects, worms ; in water. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 768 ; and F. I. Ill, 

 362. 



1542. Inocotis papillosus. Black Ibis. It feeds chiefly on 

 dry land. It eats beetles, crickets and all sorts of insects, 

 occasionally crabs, prawns, and aquatic insects. Adams states 

 it feeds on carrion ? Beetles, scorpions, &c. It is accused by the 

 n^ives of consuming much grain. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 370. Said 

 to feed partly on grain, but chiefly on insects, Crustacea, &c. 

 F. I. IV, 363. This bird is called the "planters' friend" by 

 many Europeans on account of the number of crickets they kill 

 in indigo fields. B. N. H. S. J. XV, 13. 



Sakri. 



27-9-09. (A young bird). 



7 Brachytrypes achatinus. 



9 Forficulid claspers 

 *6 Camponotus compressiis. 



*1 Polyrhachis simplex. 



1 Onitis philemon. 



1 Copris sp. 



*1 Onthophagus dama. 



*1 Onthophagus cervus. 



*1 Onthophagus longicornis. 



*4 Onthophagus gazella. 



*3 Pheropsophus bimaculatus. 



*2 Chlaenius marginatus. 



*1 Chlcenius circumdatus. 



*1 Chlcenius sp. (Pusa No. 1825). 



*1 Macrochilus 3-pusMr* f us. 



*2 Garabids spp. 



7 Cybister confusus larvae. 



75 Hydrophilus sp. larvse. 



