III. SUMMARIES. 

 VEGETABLE DIET OF BIRDS. 



Fruit eating birds are extremely numerous, though in most 

 cases wild fruits only are taken. Practically all frugivorous birds 

 eat the fruits of the common wild Fid, and it is possible that where 

 figs (Ficus cunia) are cultivated, some of these birds may take them, 

 but we have no records of any such kind. Those birds most likely 

 to do so are the Barbets, Orioles and Mynahs. 



Records from the hills are few, and it is from the hills that we 

 would most expect records of damage to fruits. Of the plains 

 birds the Rose-Ringed Paraquet is a very general pest ; the habits 

 of this bird are discussed on page 188. Few other birds are of any 

 importance with regard to their fruit-eating propensities, though 

 at times White-eyes and Flower-peckers do no little damage to 

 mangoes, etc. Fruits of various sorts in orchards are frequently 

 damaged by the Tree-pie, by Bulbuls of various species, and by 

 Barbets. 



The following is a list of cultivated fruits with the birds at pre- 

 sent recorded as taking or damaging them : 



Apples. (Pyrus malus). Loxia. 



Pears. (Pyrus communis). Dendrocopus aurice.pt. 



Apricots. (Prunus armen iaca). Palceornis schisticepi. 



Cherries. (Primus avium). Corvus splendent. 



Hypsipetes psar aides. 



Mycerobas melanozanthus. 

 Peaches. (Primus persica). Dendrocitta rufa. 



Molpastes bengalensia. 



Thereiceryx zeylonicut. 

 Guavas. (Psidium guyava). Zoster ops. 



Dicoeidce. (D. erythrorhyticltum). 



Loriculus vernalis. 

 Pomegranates. (Punica yranatum.) Palceornis schisticeps. 



Molpastes bengcilentii. 



JakjFruit. (Artocarpus integrifolia.)} Corvus splendent. 



