224 Wild Life in Wales 



skull of a water-shrew ; 2, hedgehogs ; 2, stoat or weasel ; 

 2, fish scales and bones, in one of them the scales being 

 very large ; 25, remains of birds, frequently only a feather 

 or two, but in one case, apparently, nothing but the remains 

 of grouse, probably of almost an entire bird ; 47, shells, and 

 other seashore subjects, crabs, bits of sponge, sea-weed, etc. ; 

 31, elytra and other remains of beetles, in some instances in 

 large numbers ; I, the cocoon of a moth, 1 an oak-egger ; 

 i, fragments of shell which appeared to have belonged to 

 a domestic fowl's egg ; 17, husks of oats ; 4, husks of 

 wheat ; 17, of beech mast ; 26, of acorns ; 2, of sycamore 

 seeds ; 27, various small seeds not identified with certainty ; 

 i, a cherry stone ; i, parts of the shell of a hazel nut ; 2, 

 cones or seeds of pine tree ; 1 3, leaves or " needles " of 

 same ; 49, cotyledons, or buds of trees, oak, beech, alder, 

 pine, etc. ; 30, grass, moss, fern leaves, bits of stick, etc. ; 

 17, pieces of stone, lime, chalk (in one instance), cinder, 

 etc., but by far the most common of such mineral substances 

 were bits of white quartz, in one or two cases in glassy, 

 crystalline form. Amongst the 47 containing matter 

 obviously brought from the seashore, were 1 1 that included 

 fragments of the shells of sea-urchins, and one that contained 

 a piece of coralline zoophyte. 2 



1 It is worth while observing, as demonstrating the power of the gastric 

 juices, that although this retained its perfect oval form, without visible hole, 

 the entire contents of the enclosed pupa had been extracted. 



2 Part of the above information appeared in an article by the author in the 

 Field of 1 9th June 1906. 



