






134 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
INJURIES, BENEFITS, . 
Sex. NEUTRAL. 
Farmer’s Crops.| Insects, &c. Weeds. Insects, &e. 
@ | lpieceofoat-| 11 Carabid | 1 seed of Ru-| 3 Noctuid larve, | 2 spiders, 1 
husk beetles, 4 Sta- | mex crispus, | 9 Weevils (2 Otio- | Lamellicorn 
phylinid beetles) 1 seed of (?) | rhynchus, 6 Si- |beetle (which ?), 
tones) 63 seeds of 
elder 
f°) — 1 Carabid — 4 Noctuid larve, | About 45 whole 
beetle 25 ants, 1 Halti- | elderberries & 
cid beetle,2 Wee- | 88 seeds 
vils (1 Sitones, 1 
Otiorhynchus), 7 
‘ small gastropods 
(Helix) 
co) — 1 Carabid — 1 Earwig, 2 Wee- | About 50 whole 
beetle vils (1 Otiorhyn- | elderberries & 
chus), 2 small | 214 seeds 
gastropods (1 
Helix, 1 Pupi- 
don ?) 
ee — 1 Carabid — 1 Noctuid larva, | 1 elderberry & 

beetle, 2 Sta- 
phylinid bee- 
tles 
8 Weevils (2 Otio- 
rhynchus, 6 Si- 
tones), 1 gastro- 
pod (Helix) 
59 seeds 

Mr. F. J. Mann, of Shropham, considers that Starlings cause 
him a loss of three “‘comb”’ per acre on every acre of wheat. 
When the wheat is up they get down to the young roots with 
their strong beaks, and so destroy all further germination. 
Whether they are seeking wireworms, or whether they are after 
grain, the result is the same to the wheat, which shrivels up and 
perishes. 
25th.—Mr. EK. Saunders informs me of a young Pintail Duck 
on Breydon Broad—a very early arrival, if not one escaped from 
captivity. 
30th.—At the end of this month Mr. Catley saw a bevy of 
young Quails in a wheat-field at Cley. But very few breed in 
Norfolk or Suffolk now, nor is it possible that they can be any- 
thing but rare when a single ship lands 76,000 at Liverpool, all 
caught at the beginning of the pairing season in Egypt (‘ Field,’ 
March 2th, 1912). 
