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NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE COCCIM1 : BIBBS. 



c? , Cheshire, 

 Feb. 22nd, 

 1894. 



<$ , Cheshire, 

 Feb. 24th, 

 1894. 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE (ACREDULA CAUDATA, LINN.). 



CONTENTS OP STOMACH. 



Asterodiaspis quercicola, a few ; also 

 many fragments of small weevils 

 (Coleoptera) ; wings of Hymenoptera, 

 and the remains of two small moths 

 (Lepidoptera). 



Asterodiaspis quercicola, a few ; also 

 many small weevils (Coleoptera) : 

 small moths (Lepidoptera), and a wing 

 of Psylla, sp. 



Selected from four post-mortem examinations made ; 

 one in January and three in February. 



JACKDAW (CoRvus MONHDULA, LINN.). 



CONTENTS OP STOMACH. 

 Lecauium, sp., two specimens of 

 adult females. Also many Chrysomela 

 staphylxa, Otiorhynchus *////(////*, N/- 

 <$ , Cheshire, tones, sp., and many other fragments 

 April 15th, of Coleoptera. Oats from horse-dung ; 

 1895. a few feathers from its own breast; 



many small pebbles, and a No. 7 <ri in- 

 shot. The latter had been taken in 

 lieu of a pebble. 



Selected from two post-mortem examinations of the 

 same date and from the same locality. 



I have thought it advisable to give the whole of the 

 contents of each stomach found to contain Coccidae, 

 making thereby a complete register, which will enaMe 

 us to form conclusions as to whether the birds \vi re- 

 pressed by hunger to eat these insects or otherwise. 

 The results of the post-mortem examinations show that 

 four species of Coccidae were eaten by birds, viz. 



1. Aspidiotus zonatus (puparium containing ? and 

 eggs). 



