Order CORACIFORMES

Family TODIDAE

Todus mexicanus Lesson

Common name.—Porto Rican tody.

Natural prey.Plectoptera poeyi?, Puerto Rico (Wetmore, 1916): The stomachs of 89 birds were examined; a single bird had eaten the above cockroach. According to Wolcott (1950) P. poeyi could be Plectoptera dorsalis, P. rhabdota, or P. infulata.

Family BUCEROTIDAE

Tockus birostris (Scopoli)

Synonymy.Lophocerus birostris [Dr. H. Friedmann, personal communication, 1957].

Common name.—Common gray hornbill.

Natural prey.—Cockroaches, India, Central Provinces (D'Abreu, 1920).