860 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Hornbill. P ed CVested' Cuckoo and Jungle Owlet ; and Schizoccphaius 

 ■ bicornis by the Cattle Egret. 



Acrididce. — Locusts and short-horned grass-hoppers are, as is well 

 known, eaten by most insectivorous birds. They were taken by all or 

 most of the species of Babblers. Warblers, Shrikes, Wagtails, smaller 

 Ow's ; by some of the Drongos, Thrushes, Chats. Pipits ; Cuckoos ; 

 Harriers ; Herons ; Egrets ; Ibises ; by the Eoller ; Bee-eater ; Pitta ; 

 Buzzard Eagle and Kestrel ; and to a lesser extent by a water-hen and 

 Jungle fowl. 



As a destroyer of grass-hoppers, I think the Cattle Egret would 

 come a good first, although much of his hunting is done near tanks. 

 A second place would perhaps be given to the Buzzard Eagle, the Harriers, 

 the Kestrel, the Eoller, the smaller Owls, the Common Myna and the 

 Black Drongo. 



Tetrigince. The Tetrigince were all taken by water-havmting birds, 

 e.g., the Whistling Thrush, the Swallow, four Wagtails and two Egrets. 



Tryxalince.' Tryxalis turrita or allied forms were taken by the 

 White-eyed Buzzard Eagle and the Cattle Egret. 



Epacromia dorsalis by Dissemurus paradiseus and Glaucidmm radia- 

 tmn. 



Oedipodince. Oedaleus {Gastrinmrgii,s) marmoratus was taken by 

 the Roller, Jungle Owlet, Montagu's Harrier and the Black Ibis ; other 

 Oedipodinee were noticed in the Swallow, Sirkeer Cuckoo and grey Jungle 

 Fowl. 



PyrgomorpliincB. Atractomorpha cretmlata and species of Ch:otogonus 

 were taken in quantity by the Buzzard-Eagle and Cattle Egret. Chroto- 

 gonus (rachyptenis was identified from the Roller. Dicrurus ater and 

 Petrophila cyaneus also accounted 'or Chrotogonus. 



Acridince. Acridinw were observed in 21 species of birds. The 

 genus Catantops was taken by the Kestrel and Jungle Owlet. The 

 species Cyriacanthacris ranacea by the Sirkeer Cuckoo, Coucal, Montagu's 

 Harrier, Kestrel and Cattle Egret. Teralodm monlicollis by the Coucal, 

 and species of Oxya by the Common Myna and the Indian Wren Warbler. 



LocustidcB. Locustids were taken by the Bulbid {M. hceinorrhous), 

 two Warblers, two Shrikes and the Cattle Egret. Conocephalus indicus 

 was found in Lanius lahtora. 



Gryllidw. Crickets, excluding mole-crickets, were eaten by the 

 following birds :— Grey Wagtail, Grey-headed Wagtail. Indian Pitta, 

 Crested Swift, Buzzard Eagle, Spotted Owlet, Common Sandpiper, 

 Spoonbill, Black Ibis, Cattle Egret and Pond Heron. Tridachjlince were 

 taken by Motacilla melanope ; Gryllodes sp. by the Pitta, Black Ibis, 

 Cattle Egret and Pond Heron ; Brachjtrypes sp. by the Spotted Owlet 



