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(o) Tarcoon, 23rd October, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Large mass composed of fibres of wool; a few twigs; portion 

 of tissue of animal origin, probably portion of carrion, 



(p) Coonabarabran, 29th September, 1914. 



(E.W.F.) Vegetable shreds (?). Insect remains: Talaurinus sp. 

 (Amycterides) beetle . 



(q) Belaringar, N.S.W., 20th March, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Insect remains : Grasshopper ; beetles Talaurinus sp. 



(Amycterides) ; larvse. Seeds: Burrs. Small bones. 

 (W.W.F.) All that we received \vere the pupal cases of muscid flies, 



which were apparently dry and empty when eaten by the birds; 



remains of a grasshopper. 



(r) Belaringar, N.S.W., 3rd June, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Mainly carrion, with a few small bones. Pupal cases of 



muscid fly, and a few remains of ants. 

 (W.W.F.) Kemains of a small ant like Ectatomma; parts of pupal 



cases of blowfly CallipJiora sp. ; remains of a centipede. 



(s) Belaringar, N.S.W., 3rd June, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Mainly carrion, with a few fragments of bones. Remains 

 of ants. Small yellow seeds. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of ants, Pheidole sp., only. 



(J.H.M.) The seeds are those of Atriplex semibaccatum, R.Br. (Salt- 

 bush). 



(t) Belaringar, N.S.W., 3rd June, 1915. 



(E.W.F.) Mainly carrion. Larval heads; larval skin; small beetle. 

 (W.W.F.) Remains of centipede; jaws and heads of beetle grubs; 

 elytra of small weevil (Curculionidce). 



Strepera versicolor. (M. 878 ; H. 49.) Grey Crow-Shrike. 



Slopes of Mount Kosciusko, 12th December, 1910. 



Metallic fragments of a large beetle. 



(W.W.F.) The remains of our Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima latrelki) 

 it has evidently made its breakfast of these large and very hard- 

 bodied beetles. 



Struthidea cinerea. (M. 882; H. 53.) Grey Jumper (Happy Family). 



(a) Eidsvold, Queensland (Dr. Bancroft). 



Small smooth oval yellow seeds ; smaller ribbed oval yellow seeds ; some 

 small pieces of red gravel ; fragments of an insect. 



(W.W.F.) I would not expect to find many insect remains in the 

 stomachs of these birds probably the insects are accidentally, picked 

 up. 



(J.H.M.) Two species of Panicum ; the ribbed one is probably a Setaria. 



(b) Eidsvold, Queensland (Dr. Bancroft). 



One moderate-sized oval yellow seed; small smooth oval yellow seeds; 



smaller ribbed oval yellow seeds; small oval brown seeds; some 



small pieces of red gravel. 

 (J.H.M.) Grass seeds only two species of Panicum; one Setaria (or 



perhaps also a Panicum) ; a single seed of Stenotaphrum americanum 

 t (buffalo grass) ; only one seed found is not a grass, and this belongs 



probably to the Cyperacece. 



