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The following were identified in the tody stomachs examined : 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Plectoptera poeyi. 



HEMIPTERA. 



Tettigonia sp 



Tettigonia occatoria 



Ormenis sp , 



Oliarus sp 



Macrocephalus sp 



Phymata sp 



Geocoris sp 



Lecanium sp 



COLEOPTERA. 



Hydrochus sp 



Berosus sp 



Cycloneda limbifer 



Scymnus roseicollis 



Scymnillus sp 



Loberus sp 



Tenebrioides sp 



Microrhagus sp 



Tylocerus sp 



Catorama sp 



Atcenius sp 



Atcenius gracilis 



Eburia sp 



Lepto stylus sp 



Lepturges sp 



Cryptocephalus sp 



Cryptocephalus pusio 

 Diabrotica sp 



1 



1 



19 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 14 

 1 

 1 



coleoptera — continued. 



Diabrotica graminea. 



Haltica sp 



Olyptina sp 



Cerotoma sp 



Lema sp 



Physimerus sp 



Calandra sp 



Platypus sp 



DIPTERA. 



Psilopus sp 



Eristalis sp 



Tetanops sp 



Euxesta sp 



Simulium quadrivittatiim _ 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Kapala sp 



Hyptia sp 



Solenopsis sp 



Solenopsis geminata. 

 Macromischa sp 



ARACHNIDA. 



Mogrus sp 

 Epeira sp_ 



VERTEBRATA. 



AnoZis sp 



Vegetable food. — Little can be said regarding the vegetable food of the tody, 

 as it is insignificant in volume. A small quantity of rubbish was present and the 

 rest was composed of seeds found in 15 stomachs. None of those taken are of 

 much importance, and they must be considered unaccustomed food for a bird 

 otherwise insectivorous in its habits. 



The following seeds were identified : 



Wild fig (Ficus sp.) 



Cenizo (Chenopodium sp.). 

 Fresa (Rubus sp.) 



Espino (Xanthoxylum 

 RubiaceiB sp 



sp.). 



Summary. — Though considerable numbers of beneficial Hymenoptera and 

 predacious ladybird beetles are eaten by the tody, they are more than counter- 

 balanced by the great numbers of injurious lantern flies, leaf hoppers, beetles, 

 and flies destroyed, and on the whole the bird is markedly beneficial. Its good 

 work is confined largely to coffee plantations, and these fortunately will always 

 furnish it shelter and protection. With encouragement it might in time come 

 into the more open citrus groves, but at present it is largely limited to their 

 borders. It should be given absolute protection in all localities. 



BELTED KINGFISHER. Ceryle alcyon ale yon (Linnseus). 

 Martin Pescador, Pitirre de Mangle, Matraca., Fraile Miguelete. 



The belted kingfisher is a common winter resident near the coast, about 

 lagoons and bays and along the larger rivers. It does not commonly go far 

 inland, though one was seen along the Rio Caguitos near Caguas on January 

 10. Gundlach (1878, p. 218) records it as arriving from the north in September, 



