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crop  of  one  example  was  found  to  contain  the  remains  of  such  fruit. 
The  details  of  the  food  found  in  seven  examples  are  given  below :  — 
Locality. — Knockalva,  Hanover,  December  12,  1908.  Birds 
procured  immediately  after  leaving  cattle  in  pen,  early  in  the  morning. 
No.  I.  Contents  :  25  Texas-fever  ticks  (JVIar  gar  opus  annulatus 
australis')  ;  5  fully,  the  rest  partly  engorged 
females. 
3  Silver  ticks  {Atnblyomina  cajanense) ;  all 
fully  engorged  females. 
13  Geometrid  moth  caterpillars. 
I  Beetle  larva  (Geodephaga). 
Remains  of  a  large  centipede. 
Hairs  from  ox. 
No.  2.  Contents  :  74  Texas-fever  ticks  {M.  annulatus  australis), 
3  of  which  were  fully  engorged  females  ;  the 
rest,  all  adult  females,  slightly  engorged. 
12  skins  of  small  geometrid  moth  caterpillars, 
all  apparently  of  one  species. 
Posterior  third  of  a  centipede. 
No.  3.  Contents  :  13  Texas-fever  ticks  {M.  annulatus  australis), 
all  partly  engorged. 
10  skins  of  a  small  geometrid  moth  caterpillar. 
A  mass  of  the  fibrous  portion  of  the  fruit 
of  the  orange. 
Locality. — -Great  Valley,  Manchester,  December  23rd,  1908.  Birds 
procured  under  similar  conditions  to  the  former,  but  in  the  late 
afternoon. 
No.  4.  Contents  :  32  Texas-fever  ticks  (M.  annulatus  australis), 
all  partly  engorged  females. 
3  noctuid  moth  caterpillars  (‘  cut  worms  ’),  all 
of  the  same  species. 
5  geometrid  moth  caterpillars,  all  of  the  same 
species. 
No.  5.  Contents  :  3  Silver  ticks  {A.  cajanense)  ;  2  fully  engorged 
females,  i  partly  so. 
