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Eurystomus patificus. (M. 381 ; H. 441.) Dollar Bird. 

 Hawkesbury River, February, 1910. 



Three fiddler beetles (Eupa>cila australasice) and fragments of another ; 



a cicada. 



(W.W.F.) Chief food the rose chafers (E. australasice} these were 

 probably captured on the wing or round an Angophora bush where 

 the beetles come to the flowers; Psaltoda sp. (cicada); another 

 beetle, Mcrdella sp. (Mordellidce) ; other beetle remains. 



Dacelo gigas. (M. 386; H. 447.) Laughing Jackass. 



Thredbo River, near Mount Kosciusko, 12th December, 1910. 

 Portions of cockchafers, &c. ; some minute portions of quartz. 

 (W.W.F.) Chiefly lamellicorn beetles (Onthophagus sp.) ; 'larvae of beetles, 

 probably Anoplognathus sp. 



Halcyon pyrrhopygius. (M. 390; H. 451.) Red-backed Kingfisher. 

 Near Morgan, South Australia, 29th November, 1913. 



(E.W.F.) Small bones, ? of small lizard; remains of spider; portions 



of beetle (Dyliscidce) ; legs of crustacean ?. 

 Halcyon sanctus. (M. 391 ; H. 452.) Sacred Kingfisher, 

 (a) Bathurst, January, 1910. 



Remains of a fresh-water crayfish Mr. McCulloch of the Australian 



Museum has kindly identified the specimen as Thelphusa sp. 

 {b) Canowindra, February, 1915. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of beetles and an almost perfect weevil; a spider. 

 Merops ornatus. (M. 396; H. 442.) Bee-eater, 

 (a) Queensland. 



Portions of beetles (?) and hymenoptera. 



(W.W.F.) Native banded bee (Podalirius sp.) -Hymenoptera ; tabanid 

 fly (Tabanus sp.) -Diptera; Spkex sp. Hymenoptera ; red-bodied 

 native bee. Hymenoptera; remains of other flies, bees and beetles, 

 '(b) Queensland. 



Portions of hymenoptera and (?) other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Hymenoptera, Thynnus sp. ; several bees; several frog- 

 hoppers (Eurymcla sp.) ; remains of beetles. 

 3(c) Queensland. 



Portions of Hymenoptera, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Ant-lion (Glenurus sp.); remains of cricket; forest fly 



(fam. Dexiidce) ; another fly; remains of flies and beetles, 

 '(d) Near Morgan, South Australia, 29th November, 1913. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains, mainly Hymenoptera, some evidently ants, 



others unrecognisable. 

 l(e) Coonabarabran, 29th September, 1914. 



Insect remains Wings, EC me piobab'y of moths, otheis possibly 



dipterous; head of dipteron; larva. " 



'(W.W.F.) Earthworm, small diptera, small moths, and one small 

 orthopteron. 



Caprimulgus macrurus. (M. 399; H. 433.) Large-tailed Nightjar. 

 Claudie Eiver, N.Q., 9th October, 1913. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Prothorax of claterid beetle (Alans ?); 

 remains of weevils and other Coleoptera. 



