CONTENTS. 
THE FOOD OF CUCKOOS. Page. 
General notes 7 
Examination of stomachs 8 
General insect food of cuckoos 11-1-1 
Beetles 11 
Bugs ( Hemiptera) . 12 
Grasshoppers ( Orthoptera) 12 
Caterpillars 12 
Miscellaneous insects 13 
Insects identified in the stomachs of cuckoos 14 
THE FOOD OF SHRIKES. 
Habits of shrikes 15 
Northern shrike or butcherbird 17 
Birds eaten by the butcherbird 17 
.Mammals eaten by the butcherbird 19 
Insects eaten by the butcherbird 1!* 
The loggerhead shrike 20 
Birds eaten by the loggei head 20 
Mammals eaten by the loggerhead 21 
( )ther vertebrates eaten by the loggerhead 21 
Insects eaten by the loggerhead 22 
Food of nestling loggerhead shrikes 24 
Summary -. . 24 
List of invertebrates destroyed by the butcherbird 24 
List of insects destroyed by the loggerhead 25 
< ither invertebrates destroyed by the loggerhead 2."> 
Table showing percentages of principal elements of food of the 
butcherbird and loggerhead, calculated by volume 26 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Plate I. Butcherbird Frontispiece. 
Fi<i. 1. Yellow-billed cuckoo 7 
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