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(f) Hawkesbury River, 6th April, 1910. 



Stomach stained purple ; a number of large purplish seeds. 



( J.H.M.) Stephania hernandifolia (Menispermacece)! failed to identify 

 the purple fruits which stained the stomach; amongst this fruit 

 was a single but unmistakable seed of Stephania hernandifolia, a 

 slender vine very common on sandy sea-coasts. 



Ptilotis sonora. (M. 772 ; H. 334.) Singing Honey-eater. 



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



Numerous portions of ants and other insects ; two seeds surrounded by 



white fluffy " flesh " (on section, show green cotyledons). 

 (W.W.F.) Ants chiefly; remains of several moths. 

 (J.H.M.) Vegetable remains not recognisable. 



(b) Murray Flats, near Blanchetown, South Australia, May, 1911. 

 Purplish fruits of a saltbush (?), small black seeds and an oval yellow 



larger one. 



(E.M.) Seeds of Kochia ; purplish-coloured seeds are Enchylcena tomen- 

 tosa, R.Br. (N. 0. Chenopodiacece) all saltbush with membrane in 

 various stages of preservation; large yellow one has most of 

 membrane present. 



(c) Mannum, South Australia, 26th November, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Grasshopper jaws, wings, and legs; other 

 remains, hymenopterous and coleopterous. Seeds Large, round 

 seeds, like Exocarpus. 



(J.H.M.) Exocarpus stricta, R.Br. 



(d) Cobar, September, 1911. 



A few fragments of insects' legs ; several large brownish seeds. 

 (J.H.M.) Geijera parviflora, Lindl (?) (Rutacece). 



Ptilotis chrysops. (M. 775; H. 336.) Yellow-faced Honey-eater. 



(a) Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, 29th June, 1912. 

 Fragments of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Fragments of Coleoptera. 



(b) Sydney, 24th April, 1909. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of Diptera (one Culicidce, Culex sp. ; on 3 Muscidce.) 



(c) Sydney, 24th July, 1909. 

 A few fragments of insects. 

 (W.W.F.) Remains of flies and beetles. 



(d) Sydney, 3rd April, 1909. 

 Beetle bodies. 



(e) Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, 28th November, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Seeds (1) Brownish, small, ovate; (2) yellow, minute, ovate; 



(3) one black nitid seed. 

 (W.M.C.) Seeds (1) Not determined; (2) Physalis pemorana (Cape 



gooseberry) ; (3) Phytolacca octandra (Ink berry). 



(f) Kurrajong Heights. 

 Portions of beetles. 



(W.B.G.) Particles of small beetles and of a beetle larva. 



(g) Hawkesbury River, 29th May, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains Small Hymenoptera ; otherwise unrecog- 

 nisable. 



