Vol. XII, 

 1912 



] Cleland, Contents of Stomachs and Crops of Birds. i< 



Pardalotus melanocephalus (M. 729, H. 382). Black-headed 

 Pardalote. 



{a) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of insects and spiders. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of beetles, and a few larvae, perhaps of 

 Diptera. 



{b) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of insects ; some lerp-scales (?). 



(W.W.F.) Beetle remains {Chvysomtiidce). 



(c) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of insects ; some white lerp-scales (?) ; several minute 

 yellow seeds. 



(W.W.F.) Indefinite remains of small beetles. 



(E.M.) The " seeds " are eggs of insect — about i mm. 



(d) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Part of a grub ; fragments of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Chrysomelid beetles {Cadmus and Crypfocephaliis, 

 fam. Chrysomelid (s) ; moth caterpillar. 



(e) Eidsvold, Queensland. 

 Fragments of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Small chrysomelid beetle ; a Membracid and other 

 Homoptera. 



(/) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of beetles, &c. 



(W.W.F.) Remains of beetle, but nothing definite. 



ig) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of insects ; (?) skins of grubs ; one small yellow seed. 



(W.W.F.) A looper caterpillar ; beetle remains, very indefinite. 



(E.M.) The " seed," egg of an insect, 1.5 mm. long. A white 

 chitinous case, with a yellowish-green embryo visible through it. 



{h) Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Fragments of insects. 



(W.W.F.) Insect remains — nothing definite ; a few bits of 

 beetles. 



Melithreptus gularis (M. y^y, H. 310). Black-chinned Honey- 

 eater. 

 Queensland. 



Fragments of insects ; portion of a grub (.-). 

 (W.W.F.) Beetle and dipterous remains. 



Melithreptus brevirostris (M. 741, H. 313). Brown-headed Honey- 

 eater. 

 Coonalpyn, South Australia. 

 Fragments of insects. 

 (W.W.F.) Remains of beetles and several small moth larvje. 



Plectorhamphus lanceolatus (M. 745, H. 316). Striped Honey- 

 eater. 

 (a) Queensland. 



A mass of vegetable hairs ; some fragments of insects. 

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



