Birds. 7813 



Starling {Sturnns vulgaris). Insects, flesh, winged insects, seeds, 

 grain, sand-hoppers, pieces offish (both fresh and salted). 



Rosccoloured Pastor [Pastor roseus). Remains of beetles, and 

 among them those of Geotrupes piitridarins in considerable quantity. 



Raven {Cormis corax). Flesh, large insects, grain, pieces of fish 

 (both fresh and salted), domestic fowls, ducks, eggs of various kinds. 



Crow (C. corone). Mice, large insects, common cociichafFer [Melo- 

 lontha vulgaris), barley. 



Hooded Crow (C. corax). Pieces of fish, shell-fish of several kinds, 

 oats, large beetles, earth-worms. 



Rook (C./rugilegus). Worms, large insects, potatoes. 



Jackdaw (C. inonedida). Insects. 



Magpie (C. pica). Flesh, insects, cockchatfers and their larvae, 

 oats. 



Jay (C. glandarius). Seeds, land-shells. The stomach of a speci- 

 men examined by me, in 1855, contained a few small seeds and the 

 head of a small hobnail. 



Green Woodpecker [Picus viridis). Insects, larva3 of ants, turnip 

 seed. 



Spotted Woodpecker (P. major). Small insects, beetles, earth- 

 worms, seeds of mountain ash. 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (P. minor). Small insects. 



Wryneck [Yunx torquilla). Small insects. 



Creeper [Certhia familiaris). Small insects, eggs of spiders. 



Wren [Troglodytes europwus). Small insects, sand-hoppers, earth- 

 worms. 



Hoopoe [Upnpa epops). Beetles, small flies, grubs. 



Nuthatch [Sitta europ(Ba). Seeds. 



Cuckoo [Cuculus caiiorus). Caterpillars, small insects. 



Kingfisher [Alcedo ispida). Fish, large beetles. 



Swallow [Hirundo rustica), Martin [H. urhica), Sand Martin [H. ri- 

 paria) and Swift [Cypselus apus). Winged insects. 



Nightjar [Caprimidgiis europceus). Cockchaffers, large moths. 



Ring Dove [Columba palumbus). Cabbage-leaves, peas, grain, 

 beech-mast, seeds of Ranunculus acris. 



Stock Dove [C eenas). Small seeds. 



Rock Dove [C. livia). Grain, seeds, roots of couch grass [Triticum 

 repeals). 



Turtle Dove (C. turtur). Leaves, corn. 



Partridge [Perdix cinered). Leaves, insects, hawthorn berries. 



Redlegged Partridge (P. rubra). Corn, small seeds, leaves. 



