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Birds. 



Shorteared Owl. January, mice ; February, harvest mice ; March, 

 mice; April, crickets and field mice; May, shrew mice and cock- 

 chafers; June, beetles ; July, field mice and birds; August, field mice 

 and shrews ; September, field mice and beetles ; October, the same ; 

 November, common and field mice; December, mice, spiders and 

 woodlice. 



Barn Owl. January, mice ; February, the same ; March, field mice; 

 April, the same; May, the same; June, the same; July, mice; 

 August, the same ; September, field mice and shrews ; October, the 

 same; November, mice and black rats; December, mice. 



Rook. January, field mice and grubs of cockchafer; February, the 

 same and red worms; March, larva? and chrysalids ; April, slugs, 

 worms and chrysalids ; May, beetles, larvae, prawns and wire worms ; 

 June, cockchafers, eggs of birds and wood-boring beetles ; July, young 

 birds, beetles, &c. ; August, birds, field mice, weevils, grasshoppers, 

 crickets, &c. ; September, grubs and worms ; October, grasshoppers, 

 ground beetles and young animals ; November, young rabbits, dif- 

 ferent insects and grubs ; December, different animals and decaying 

 substances. 



Magpie. January, grubs of cockchafers, beetles and different corn 

 and seeds ; February, the same and berries ; March, the same ; April, 

 moles, crickets, water rats and field mice ; May, cockchafers, glow- 

 worms and fruit; June, the same and weevils; July, beetles and field 

 mice ; August, birds' eggs and weevils ; September, beetles, worms, 

 barley and grasshoppers ; October, grasshoppers, carrion beetles and 

 green locusts; November, grasshoppers and kernels of fruit; Decem- 

 ber, grubs of cockchafer, young rabbits and berries. 



Jay. January, grubs of cockchafer, acorns and berries ; February, 

 chrysalids and different grains and seeds ; March, grubs, insects, wheat 

 and barley ; April, grubs, beetles and snails ; May, cockchafers and 

 locusts ; June, eggs of birds, cockchafers and beetles ; July, young- 

 birds, flies and beetles ; August, the same, acorns, grubs and dragon- 

 flies ; September, the same and fruits ; October, beetles, slugs, snails 

 and grain ; November, the same ; December, the same and haws and 

 hips. 



Starling. January, worms, grubs of cockchafer and grubs in dung ; 

 February, grubs, snails and slugs ; March, grubs of cockchafer and 

 snails ; April, the same ; May, the same and grasshoppers ; June, 

 flies and grubs of various flies ; July, grubs and freshwater shell-fish ; 

 August, flies, glow-worms and various beetles ; September, green 

 locusts, grubs of carrion beetles and worms ; October, worms and 



