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Myiagra nitida. (M. 490; H. 144.) Satin Fly-catcher. 

 Slopes of Mount Kosciusko, 10th December, 1910. 

 Fragments of beetles, &c. 

 (W.W.F.) Remains of small beetles. 



Sisura inquieta. (M. 493 ; H. 148.) Restless Fly-catcher. 



(a) Tailem Bend, South Australia, May, 1910. 

 Remains of a number of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of small moths (Lepidoptera) and spiders. 



(b) Canowindra, February, 1915. 



(W.W.F.) Whole stomach full of remains of blow-flies (Calliphora 

 rufifacies and C. flavipes). 



(c) Canowindra, February, 1915. 



(W.W.F.) Same as (b) with the addition of a few beetle heads. 

 Monarcha melanopsis. (M. 501 ; H. 156.) Black-faced Fly-catcher. 

 Ourimbah, 18th November, 1911. 

 Portions of beetles. 



(W.W.F.) Fragments of Hymenoptera and of beetles including a 

 eurculionid. 



Coradna robusta. (M. 504 ; H. 78.) Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike. 



(a) Berry, 9th August, 1910. 



A large seed like a small loquat seed ; portion of a large greenish grub. 

 (W.W.F.) Two specimens of the spiny stinging slug or cup moth larva 



(Doratifera vulnerans); larva of green hawk-moth (?) ; another 



small moth larva; wing covers of chrysomelid beetle (Paropsis)\ 



fragments of eucalyptus leaves. 

 (J.H.M.) A single seed-pod which looks like a pod of Gompholobium, 



but no seeds inside ; I am not sure about it, but can give no better 



explanation. 



(b) Hawkesbury River, 16th October, 1910. 



Stomach dyed purple ; three large kinds of beetles and many fragments 



of insects. 

 (W.W.F.) One buprestid beetle (perfect); one clerid beetle (Trogoden- 



dron fasciculatum) ; lamellicorn beetles and various weevils. 

 (J.H.M.) The seeds are : (1) Exocarpus cupressiformis, Labill. 



Native Cherry ; (2) small seeds of an unidentified plant. 



(c) Coonalpyn, South Australia. 

 Portions of grasshoppers. 



(W.W.F.)- Remains of small green mantis and a .few beetle wings. 



(d) Tarcoon, N.S.W., 23rd October, 1914. 



Numerous small greyish bodies (? seeds); a few insect remains (Hemip- 



tera). 

 (W.M.C.) No sign of seeds ; the small bodies appear to be of animal 



origin. 



(e) Tarcoon, N.S.W., October, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Fragments of grasshopper; head of wasp; 

 otherwise unrecognisable. 



(f) Upper Manilla, September, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Portions of grasshopper ; caterpillar; headf 

 of green beetles ( ? Callodes). 



