THE FOOD OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 47 



Ibis molucca. (M. 194; H. 702.) White Ibis. 

 Queensland. 



Portions of crustaceans. 



(A. R. McCulloch, Australian Museum) Grapsidce. * 



Herodias timoriens-is. (M. 203; H. 710.) White Egret. 

 Queensland. 



Remains of a shrimp. Portions of grasshoppers. 



(W.W.F.) Black cricket (Gryllus servillei). Young shrimp. 



Notophoyx novcB-hollandiee. (M. 204; H. 711.) White-fronted Heron. 

 Hawkesbury River, 6th August, 1910. 



(A. R. McCulloch) Crab, Brachyura ; Nipper Prawn, Alphceidoe $ 



prawn, Penceidce inhabitants of estuarine mud-flats. 

 Butorides stagnatilis. (M. 211; H. 718.) Thick-billed Bittern. 

 Hawkesbury River. 



(A. R. McCulloch) Fish, Gobius sp. ; shrimp, Leander sp. ( ?) inhabi- 

 tants of estuarine mud-flats. 

 Biziura lolata. (M. 236; H. 763.) Musk Duck. 

 Hawkesbury River. 



(A. R. McCulloch) Mud crabs, Macrophthalmus sp., inhabitants of 



estuarine mud-flats. 



Phalacrocorax carlo. -(M. 237; H. 724). Black Cormorant. 

 Hawkesbury River, 6th April, 1910. 



Portions of several catfish. Fragments of dead shells. 

 Astur fasciatus. (M. 258 ; H. 24.) Goshawk. 

 Hallett's Cove, Adelaide, May, 1910. 



Remains of small bird about size of AntTius. 

 Haliastur sphenurus. (M. 267 ; H. 5.) Whistling Eagle. 



(a) Adelaide, May, 1910. 

 Feathers of small bird. 



(b) Tarcoon, October, 1914. 



Stomach almost empty, containing a small tangled mass consisting of 



fibres of wool. Head of ant also present. 



Hieracidea berigora. (M. 278 ; H. 16.) Striped Brown Hawk. 

 Flinders Island, Bass Straits, 25th November, 1912. 

 Full of beetle remains, &c. 

 (W.B.G.) -Dasygnathus (Scarabceidce} , probably five or six specimens, 



much broken. 

 Ninox boobook. (M. 283 ; H. 29.) Boobook Owl. 



Mannum, Murray River, South Australia, 26th November, 1913. 

 Remains of large insects. 

 (E.W.F.) 'Coleoptera Dynastidce and Ceranibycidce (Phoracantha sp.?). 



Orthoptera Legs and mandibles of grasshopper. 

 Ninox rufa. (M. 292 ; H. 36.) Rufescent Powerful Owl. 

 Claudie River, N.Q., 13th September, 1913. 



(E.W.F.) -Insect remains: Several large Orthoptera phasmids and 



large green grasshopper. 

 Geoff royus McLennani. 



(a) Pascoe River, N.Q., 20th July, 1913. 



Crop contents A number of fairly large, roughly conical or irregularly- 

 shaped, brownish seeds. Gizzard contents Yellow and black grit. 

 One fairly large oval seed. 



