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. g, 10. 2 Males ; Crickleigh, near Gloucester ; August, 1907. — 

 {a) Filled with portions of hard unripe pears, (b) Fragments 

 of many weevils (Otiorhynchus sp., Sitones sp.) ; 2 species of 

 ants (Formica fusca and Myrmica rubra) ; 1 surface cater- 

 pillar (Noctuid) ; remains of the humble bee (Bombus 

 terrestris) . 



11. Male; Cheshire, 16th December, 1890. — Fruit of the 

 hawthorn ; 7 small caterpillars (Noctuae) ; several small 

 land shells (Helix sp.) ; and minute fragments of beetles 

 (Curculionidse) . 



12. Female; near Chester; 16th December, 1890. — Almost 

 filled with berries of the hawthorn ; one shell of Helix caperata 

 and 1 small moth larva. 



Summary. — 5 contained insects of the injurious group ; 

 2, beneficial group ; 2, indifferent group ; 4, hawthorn berries ; 

 4, apple and pear ; 4, molluscs ; 1, worms ; 1, grain ; 1, 

 garbage. 



Field Notes. — Much may be forgiven this bird for its fine 

 song, but it is a malefactor and the most persistent fruit-eater 

 of all the British birds. 



Song Thrush (Turdus musicus, Linn.). 



13. Female ; Ince, Chester ; 6th February, 1895. — Filled with 

 hawthorn berries. 



14. Male; Ince, Chester; 6th February, 1895. — Almost 

 filled with apple ; 2 Staphylinid beetles (Staphylinus ? politus). 



15. Male ; Ince, Chester ; 6th February, 1895. — Filled with 

 apple. This may have been obtained from some partly decayed 

 fruit which had probably been thrown away. 



16-19. /{Nestlings*; near Chester ;, 21st June, 1908. — All four 

 examples had been fed upon earthworms of which there were 

 many fragments, but the stomachs of these birds were almost 

 filled with soil and grass, all of which had evidently been carried 

 in with the worms. The remains of 1 earwig were found in 

 one of them. 



20, 20A. ? Sex ; Crickleigh, near Gloucester ; August, 1901. — . 

 These examples contained many maggots (larvae) of a Muscid 

 fly ; many larvae of small moths ; several weevils (Otiorhynchus 



* All these birds were infested with small tape worms (Tseniidoe). 

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