190 BIKDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



and gizzards to Mr. Robert Holland, Frodsham, who 

 very kindly furnished me with the following particu- 

 lars : — 



"1. Crop : red clover, a few seeds of Italian rye -grass, and knot- 

 grass {Polygonum 2^crsicaria or laimtliifoUum). Gizzard: half 

 the bullv, small fragments of white qnartz ; seeds, knotgrass, red 

 clover, and alsyke. 



" 2. Crop : red clover, a few seeds of Italian rye-grass *and knot- 

 grass. 



" 3. Crop : same as No. 2, with a few seeds of mouse-eared 

 chickweed. 



" 4. Crop : knotgrass and red clover, a few seeds of trefoil, 

 Italian rye-grass, perennial rye-grass and meadow-fescue. Giz- 

 zard : five-sixths of bulk, small fragments of white quartz ; seeds, 

 knotgrass, goose-foot, alsyke, and Italian rye-grass. 



" 5. Crop : red clover, Italian rye-grass, knotgrass, and goose- 

 foot. 



" 6. Crop : same as No. 5. 



"7. Crop: knotgrass, goose-foot, mouse-eared chickweed, Italian 

 rye-grass. Gizzard : one-third of bulk, white quartz ; seeds same 

 as crop. 



" The birds were in fair condition ; the female, No. 2, 

 was very fat : hence her weight, for she had little in her 

 crop. The eggs in this bird and No. 7 were about the 

 size of No. 4 shot. The testes in the male were well 

 developed ; in No. 1 the left testicle was "48 x '22, right 

 '42 X -3 ; in No. 5 the left was '42 x -32, right "26 x -26. 

 The plumage was clean, though bleached and worn. 

 The birds which passed through my hands had cast a 

 few of the inner primaries and the secondaries, giving 



