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besides that, they often eat the kernels, probably when they 

 begin to sprout and are milky. 



Ten Starlings, recently shot at Suffield (on April 6th, 1911) 

 by Mr. J. H. Bugden whilst feeding on a field of spring wheat, 

 were found, when cut open, to contain whole kernels of wheat, 

 and kernels of oats, which they had evidenly just dug up. Some, 

 Mr. Bugden informs me, had nothing in their crops at all but 

 corn ; others had corn and wireworms. Four more Starlings, 

 shot by Mr. Bugden the following week, had also been eating 

 corn. These were submitted to Mr. John Hamond, of Bramp- 



Bird. 



Injukies. 



Vegetable 

 Matter, &c. 



Insects, &o. 



Benefits. 



Vegetable 

 Matter, &c. 



Insects, &c. 



Neutral and 



Undetermined 



(as yet). 



(1) Male 



(2) Male . . 



(3) Female 



(4) Female 



20 grains of 

 wheat, some 

 sound, some 

 germinating, 

 and some lit- 

 tle more than 

 husk, 1 grain 

 of oats 



6 grains of 

 wheat, with a 

 large amount 

 of wheat husk 

 and some 

 germs 



10 grains of 

 wheat as in 

 (1) , with a 

 moderate 

 amount of 

 wheat husk, 

 and germ 

 with young 

 roots 



7 grains of 

 wheat as in 

 (1), with a 

 moderate 

 amount 



of 

 husk (wheat) 



2 centipedes 



1 Staphylinid 

 beetle, 1 Sta- 

 phylinid bee- 

 tle grub, 1 

 Carabid Isee- 

 tle, 1 centi- 

 pede, 1 Syr- 

 phid fiy grub 

 (eats green fly) 

 2 centipedes 



2 Staphylinid 

 beetle grubs, 

 1 small Sta- 

 phylinid. bee- 

 tle, remains 

 of 10 Carabid 

 beetles 



2 daisy heads 



3 daisy 

 heads, 1 seed 

 of tron-grass 

 (Polygonum 

 aviculare) 



About 23 wire- 

 worms of all 

 sizes — some 

 whole & some 

 in segments, 

 3 small snails, 

 segments of 

 the millipede, 



1 click beetle, 



2 fly pup£e 

 (probably An- 

 thomyid) 



2 weevils, 2 

 click beetles, 1 

 wireworm 



15 wireworms, 

 some whole 

 and some in 

 segments, 7 

 click beetles, 1 

 small snail 



16 wireworms, 

 some whole 

 and some in 

 segments, 6 

 small snails, 4 

 click beetles 

 (Elater), re- 

 mains of 11 

 weevils 



2 spiders, 4 fly 

 grubs (what 

 sort not yet de- 

 termined) 



A few small 

 pieces of bee- 

 tles 



1 fly grub as 

 in (1), and few 

 beetle remains 



2 spiders, bee- 

 tle remains as 

 yet unidenti- 

 fied 



