1-J SCIENCE BULLETIN, No. 15. 



Lists of Birds Feeding on Particular Foods of more or less Economic 



Importance. 



(These lists arc compiled from the results ot the individual examinations 

 detailed in the appendices of this Bulletin. Further examinations will 

 undoubtedly add materially to these lists. Notes on a few of the more 

 important swecics known to feed on pests have been added, though exam- 

 inations ol their stomach contents have not been made by us.) 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FEEDING ON WHEAT GRAINS AND CULTIVATED GRAINS. 



Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis). Occasionally. 



White Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). 



Rose-breated Cockatoo, Gajah (Cacatua roseicapilla) . 



Chestnut-backed B^bbli 1 ! T brush, Ground Thrash (Cindoscma castano- 



notum). 



Rosella (Platycercus xim-i--: & 



Magpie Lark (Grallina picata) (V under natural conditions). 

 Black-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen). 

 White-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina leuconota). 

 Bellbird (Oreoica cristata). 



White-faced Titmouse (Aphelocephala leucopsis). 

 Crow (Corvus coronoides, including Corone australis). Occasionally. 

 White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorJiampus). 

 Sparrow (Passer domesticus}. 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FEEDING ON FRUITS. 



Painted Quail (Turnix varia}. 

 Little Green Pigeon (Lamprotreron superba). 

 Pennant's Parrakect (Platycercus elegans). 

 Silver-eye (Zosterops ccerulescens). 

 Indian Dove (Turtur ferrago). 



A number of other birds also feed on fruits, such as the Rosella (Platycercus 

 eximius), which is a pest in apple orchards on the South Coast, at Mittagong 

 .and other places, Lcatherheads (Tropidorhynchus corniciilatus), Minahs 

 (Myzantha), &c. 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FEEDING ON GRASS SEEDS. 



Brash Turkey (Catheturus lathami). 



Sjubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis}. 



K'ng Qiail (Excalfactoria australis). 



Bronzewing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera). 



Painted Q.iail (Turnix varia). 



Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida [tranquilla]). 



Dove (Geopelia cuneata). 



Rosella (Platycercus eximius). 



Pennant's Parrakeet (Platycercus elegans). 



Red-backed Panv..kect (Psephotus hcematonotus] . 



Pale-headed Parrakect (Platycercus pallidiceps). 



Spotted Babbling Thrash, Ground Thrash (Cinclosoma punctatum). 



Chestnut-backed Babbling Thrush, Ground Thrush (Cindoscma caslanonctum). 



Rock Warbler (Origma rubricata). 



