1922.] Feeding Habits of the Little Owl. 1137 



Relation of Localities and the Number of Stomachs containing Injurious 

 Insects, Voles and Mice, Wild Birds and Game Birds. 



County. 



No. of Stomachs 



containing 

 Injurious Insects. 



bD 



3 



O 



53 

 P-i 



No. of Stomachs 



containing 

 Voles and Mice. 



Percentage. 



No. of Stomachs 

 containing 

 Wild Birds. 



Percentage. 



No. of Stomachs 1 

 containing 1 

 Game Birds. I 



Percentage. 



Total No. of 

 Stomachs 

 examined. 



Bedford 



11 



38-20 



7 



22-66 



3 



3-33 







15 



Bucks ... 



5 



38-00 



3 



24-00 



2 



12-00 



1 



5-00 



5 



Devon ... 



9 



39 4 2 



7 



28-75 



2 



1-25 







12 



Dorset ... 



13 



41-20 



10 



26 33 



4 



3.66 







15 



Essex ... 



9 



30-83 



7 



25-00 



3 



5-42 







12 



Hereford 



1 



70*"0 















1 



Herts 



6 



36 "60 



5 



18-88 



1 



2-77 







9 



Kent 



7 



27-50 



5 



21-50 



1 



4-50 







10 



Leicester 



7 



25-00 



6 



22-73 



1 



•91 



1 



8-91 



11 



Lincoln 



8 



23 33 



12 



43-Oo 











15 



Norfolk 



5 



35-00 



5 



26-26 



2 



8*33 







6 



Northampton ... 



9 



43-33 



8 



27-92 



2 



2-92 







12 



Nottingham 



6 



32-50 



6 



30-62 



3 



11-25 







8 



Somerset 



9 



26-66 



7 



19-66 



5 



13 00 







15 



Suffolk 



4 



17-86 



7 



54 71 











7 



Surrey ... 



7 



25-42 



6 



32-75 



3 



15-42 







12 



Sussex ... 



















1 



Wilts 



8 



35-60 



7 



30-51 



- 1 



2-00 







10 



Yorks 



12 



21-94 



18 



54-44 



2 



1 -39 







18 





136 





126 





35 





2 





194 



The following statement shows the great variety of Animal 



Food identified in the stomachs and pellets of the Little Owl : — 



Insects — Contd. 

 > Athous, sp. 

 Agriotes sputator, L. 

 Ayriotes obscurus, L. 

 Agriotes lineatus, L. 

 Apion, sp. 



Otiorhynchus picipes, Fabr. 

 Otiorhynchus tenebricosus, Herbst. 

 Otiorhynchus sulcatus, Fabr. 

 Sitones, sp. 

 Ceuthorhynchus, sp. 

 Hylobius abietis, Fabr. 

 Scolytus, sp. 

 Hylesinus fraxini, Pz. 

 Lepidoptera. 



Hepialus lupulinus, L. 

 Hybernia defoliaria, L. 

 Cheimaiobia brumata, L. 

 Mamcstra brassicae, L. 

 Agrotis segetum, Schifi*. 



exclamationis, L. 

 Triphaena pronuba, L. 

 Tortrix viridana, L. 

 Diptera. 



Tipula oleracea, L. 



, , paludosa. 

 Pachyrhina maculosa, Meign. 

 Hymcnoptera. 



Nematus, sp. F 



Annelida :— 



Earthworms (various species). 



Arthropoda :— 



Isopoua — 



Oniscus asellus, L. 

 Porcellio scabcr, Latr. 

 Myriaih)DA — 



PolydesmuSi sp. 

 Insects— 



Unideniified insect fragments. 

 Orthoptera. 

 . Earwig. 

 Coleoptera. 



Unidentified larvae. 

 Carabus violaceus, L. 

 Barpalus, sp. 



Pterostichiis madidus, Fahr. 

 Pterostichus, sp. 

 Ocypus olens, Mull. % 

 Philonthus, sp. 

 Silpha opaca, L. 

 Aphodius fimetarius, L. 

 Aphodius, sp. 

 Geotrupes stereo rari us, L. 

 Rhizotrogus solstitialis, L. 

 Melolontha vulgaris, Fabr. 

 Phyllopertha horticola, L. 

 Elater, sp. 

 Athous niger, L. 



