THE FOOD OF AUSTRALIAN BIKDS. 19 



Restless Fly-catcher (Sisura inquieta). Blow-flies. 



Chestnut-backed Babbling Thrush, Ground Thrush (Cinclosomn castano- 



notum). 



Coachwhip bird (Psophodes crepitans). Fly maggots. 

 Tricoloured Chat (Ephthianura tricolor). Blow-flies. 

 Rock Warbler (Origma rubricata). Fly larvse. 

 Little Tit (Acanthiza nana). Gnats and flies. 

 Brown Tit (Acanthiza pusilla). 



Striated Tit (Acanthiza lineata). Flies and fl} larvre. 

 Chestnut-rumped Tit (Acanthiza uropygialis). 

 Yellow-ramped Tit (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa). 

 Buff-ramped Tit (Acanthiza reguloides). 

 Blue Wren (Malurus cyanochlamys). 



Grey Shrike-Thrush (Collyriocichla harmonica), Pupre of flieF. 

 Wood-swallow (Artamus tenebrosus). Blow-flies. 

 Magpie Lark (Grallina picata). Small flies. 

 Butcher Bird (Cracticus destructor). 

 Black-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen). Fly larvae. 

 Yellow-bellied Shrike Tit (Falcunculus frontal us). 

 White-faced Titmouse (Aphelocephala leucopsis). Drosophilid flies. 

 Silver-eye (Zosterops ccerulescens). Small flies. 

 Mistletoe Bird (Dicceum hirundinaceum). Syrphid flies. 

 Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus ornatus). 



Black-headed Pardalote (Pardalotus tnelanocephalus) . Fly larvae. 

 Lunulated Honey-eater (Melithreptus atricapiUus). Small flies. 

 Short-billed Honey-eater (Melithreptus brevirostris). 

 Black-chinned Honey-eater (Melithreptus gularis). 

 Blood Bird (Myzomela sanguineolenta) . 



Spine-billed Honey-eater (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) . House or bush flies, 

 Tawny-coloured Honey-eater (Glycyphila melanops). Small flies. 

 Warty-faced Honey-eater (Meliphaga phri/gia). Fungous gnats, &c. 

 Brown Honey-eater (Stigmatops ocularis). 

 Fuscous Honey-eater (Ptilotis fusca). 



Yellow-faced Honey-eater (Ptilotis chrysops). Mosquitoes and flies. 

 Yellow-tufted Honey-eater (Ptilotis melanops [auricomis]) . 

 Crescent Honey-eater (Meliornis pyrrhoptera). 



New Holland Honey-eater (Meliornis nVvce-hollandice). Small flies and gnats, 

 White-cheeked Honey -eater (Meliornis sericea). 

 Noisy Minah (Myzantha garrula). Blow-flies. 

 Yellow-throated Minah (Myzantha flavigula). Muscid flies. 

 Brash-wattle Bird (Anellobia chrysoptera [mellivora]). 

 Blue-faced Honey-eater (Entomyza cyanotis). 

 Leatherhead (Tropidorhynchus corniculatus^. 

 Crow (Corvus coronoides, including Corone australis). Blow-fly maggot* 



occasionally. 



Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Blow-flies. 

 Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Drone fly, &c. 



Reptiles. 

 Monitor, " Goanna '' (Varanus varius). Pup82 of flics. 



