Vol. XII 

 1912 



] Cleland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds: 13 



(b) Queensland. 



Portions of grasshoppers and beetles. 



(W.W.F.) Large mantis ; chrysomelid beetles [Paropsis, sp.) ; 

 cockroach ; heteromerous beetles ; other beetle remains. 



(c) Queensland. 



Remains of grasshoppers ; large brown seeds. 



(W.W.F.) Brown moth (Noctuids). 



(E.M.) Geijera seeds. (See M. 7, H. 567.) Black testa gone. 



{d) Hawkesbury River, 29th June, 191 1. 



Smell of bugs. One large bug and many remains of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Green plant bug (Hemiptera), Ciispiconia, sp. ; 

 wings of flies ; beetle remains. 

 Oreoica cristata (M. 662, H. 258). Bell-Bird. 



Coonalpyn, South Australia. 



Fragments of insects ; a grain of wheat. 



(W.W.F.) Some grains of Vv^heat ; ants {Caiiipoiiofiis, sp.) ; 

 remains of small beetles. 



Pachycephala rufiventris (M. 674, H. 271). Rufous-breasted Thick- 

 head. 



(a) Queensland. 



About eight rounded, mottled seeds ; portions of a grass- 

 hopper (?), &c. 



(E.M.) Geijera. (See M. 7, H. 567.) Mottled appearance due 

 to unequal wearing of testa. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of long-horned grasshopper ; a few insect 

 remains. 



(b) Queensland. 



Most of a large grasshopper, and other insect fragments ; one 

 brownish " seed." 



(W.W.F.) Green grasshopper {Ccedicia valida) ; other insect 

 remains. 



(E.M.) Not a seed, but an egg-case (chitinous). 

 Pachycephala gilberti (M. 676, H. 273). Gilbert Thickhead. 



Murray Flats. 



Some round black seeds and smaller yellow ones. 



(E.M.) Geijera. (See M. 7, H. 567.) Smaller yellow ones are 

 the cotyledons, &c., set free from the hard enclosing testas. 

 Eopsaltria australis (M. 683, H. 259). Yellow-breasted Shrike- 

 Robin. 



Hawkesbury River. 



Beetles and other insects. 



(W.W.F.) Yellow cicada (Homoptera) ; chrysomelid beetle 

 {Calomcla). 



Eopsaltria chrysorrhoa (M. 684, H. 260). Yellow-rumped Shrike- 

 Robin. 

 Queensland. 



Fragments of beetles ; one rounded, rough brown seed. 

 (W.W.F.) Chiefly spiders ; a few beetle remains. 

 (E.M.) Geijera seeds. (See M. 7, H. 567.) Black testa gone. 



