FEEDING HABITS OF BRITISH BIRDS. 197 
Was the specimen a member of a flock? If so, state the approximate size of 
the flock. 
Is the species abundant in the locality? 
Has there been any increase or decrease during the past few years? 
Date and hour of dispatch. General remarks. 
From such data some idea as to the environmental conditions under 
which the bird was feeding and the available food-supply can be 
obtained. 
The contents of the gizzards of these birds are being examined, 
analysed, and tabulated by the Committee, and the intestines are being 
examined for parasites. The data obtained by analysis are arranged on 
the tabulation forms under the following heads :— 
Grain Seeds other than grain 
Fruits Roots 
Miscellaneous vegetable matter 
INSECTS. 
(Injurious and useful insects are separated and indicated, and larve are 
particularly mentioned.) 
Coleoptera Lepidoptera 
Hemiptera Other Insects 
Diptera 
Molluscs Miscellaneous food 
Other Invertebrates | Remarks 
Other animal matter 
In addition to the above data, the weight of the bird and the condition 
and weight of the gizzard contents are recorded. 
When in the opinion of the Committee a sufficient number of speci- 
mens of any one species have been examined, the results of the tabula- 
tions and the particulars supplied by the correspondents will be digested, 
arranged, and published. 
In addition to the grant (51.) made to the Committee by the Associa- 
tion, a grant of 501. has been received from the Board of Agriculture and 
Fisheries to enable it to carry on the work, and Mr. Rogers has been 
appointed by the Board as its representative. 
The Committee asks for reappointment, with a further grant, and 
with the addition of Professor F. E. Weiss, and of Mr. H. 8. Leigh as 
Secretary in the place of Dr. Gordon Hewitt, who is compelled to retire. 
The Zoology of the Sandwich Islands.—Nineteenth Report of the 
Committee, consisting of Dr. F. Du Cang GopMan (Chair- 
man), Mr. D. SHarp (Secretary), Professor 8. J. Hickson, 
Dr. P. L. Scuater, and Mr. Epaar A. SMITH. 
Tuis Committee was appointed in 1890, and has been annually re- 
appointed. The publication of the results of the work of the Committee 
is now nearly completed. One part of the ‘ Fauna Hawaiiensis ’ has 
been published since the last report, and it is expected that the work will 
be finished within the ensuing year. 
' The Committee ask for reappointment. 
