284 THE FOOD OF BIRDS IN INDIA. 



Bomb. Gaz., Vol. XX, 520. Eaten by Mohammedans. B. N. H. 

 S. J. XV, 75. 



1551. Lsptoptilus javanicus. Small Adjutant. Fish, frogs 

 and more especially crabs, and also on large locusts. Jerd. B. I. 

 Ill, 733. Fish, reptiles, locusts, crabs, &c. F. I. IV, 375. 



1552. Pseudotantalus leucocephalus. Painted Stork. Fish, 

 frog, or crab. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 762. Usual habits of Storks. F. 

 I. I, 377. Feeds young on water weed. B. N. H. S. J. XIV, 

 401. 



1553. Anastomus oscifans. Open-bill. It lives chiefly on 

 molluscs, especially on the large Ampullaria, but also on various 

 others. Col. Sykes states that he found it feeding on a species 

 of "Unio." ' In default of its proper food, will eat fish, frogs, 

 &c., but shell-fish are its peculiar aliment." Jerd. B. I. Ill, 765. 

 Chiefly on fresh-water mollusca, especially Ampullaria and it is said 

 Unio and they occasionally eat fish, crabs c., but subsist mainly 

 on mollusca. F. I. IV, 378. Natives say they feed on dead bodies. 

 B. N. H. S. J. XVI, 15. Extracts Unio and other molluscs from 

 their shells. E. B. C. N. H., 97. 



ARDE.E. 



Ardeidce. Herons. They feed chiefly on fish, also on crabs, 

 frogs and a few on insects which they seek for on land, among 

 cattle. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 738. 



1554. Ardeamanillensis. Eastern Purple Heron. Fish, frogs, 

 &c. Jerd. B. 1. II, 744. In the higher hills the streams have 

 no fish and very little insects or reptile life to form food for these 

 birds. B. N. H. S. J. XVII, 974. 



1555. Ardea cinerea. Common Heron. Chiefly fish : a fa- 

 vourite quarry for the Bhyri. Jerd. B. I. Ill, 742. Chiefly small 

 fish and frogs. F. I. IV, 383. " The eel's foe, the Heron." 

 Ardea cineria. Dewar, B. P., 6. Stomach examined. 10-12-07 

 3 frogs. 



