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62. Male ; Cheshire ; 20th April, 1894. — Stomach filled 

 with fragments of small flies (Diptera) . 



Summary. — 5 contained insects of the injurious group ; 4, 

 the indifferent group 3 2, spiders ; 1, a bud scale. 



Field Notes. — Seen to feed freely upon American blight 

 (Schizoneura lanigera), during the autumn and winter months 

 in several gardens in Cheshire. It does not as a rule remain 

 for any length of time on the infested fruit trees, but pays 

 frequent visits during the day, spending the intervals in more 

 secluded spots. I have not seen the bird feeding upon this 

 pest in large isolated orchards, but it is not uncommon in 

 gardens bordering on woods and coppices. 



Willow-Wren (Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn.) 



63. Female ; near Chester ; 26th April, 1894. — Filled with 

 plant lice (Aphidae), mixed with fragments of one small 

 weevil. 



64. Male ; Cheshire ; 30th April, 1895. — Entirely of Dip- 

 terous flies (Muscidce, Bibionidce, &c). 



65. Female ; Aid ford, Chester ; 30th April, 1895. — Almost 

 entirely of remains of Dipterous flies ; 1 Click beetle (Agriotes 

 obscurus), and fragments of other beetles. 



66-68. 1 Female ; 2 Males ; A Id ford, Chester ; 30th April, 

 1895. — All three were filled with the remains of Dipterous 

 insects, chiefly Muscidae, including several Greenbottle Flies 

 (Lucilia sericata, &c), and one example contained the remains 

 of 2 small weevils. 



69. ? Sex ; Colwyn Bay ; 22nd May, 1890. — Many small 

 moth larvae (Noctuids and Geometers). 



70. ? Sex ; Colwyn Bay ; 20th May, 1890. — Filled with the 

 larvae of the winter moth [Cheimatobia brumata, &c.). 



71. Female ; near Chester ; 2nd June, 1895. — Stomach 

 filled with small weevils, with 1 Dromius quadrimaculatus. 



Summary. — 9 contained insects of the injurious group ; 3, in- 

 different group. 



Field Notes.— I have frequently observed this bird capturing 

 flies from the flowers of the sycamore and lime in many parts of 

 Cheshire ; and in the spring so soon as Aphids are common, it 

 is often possible to see this bird searching for these insects on 

 the underside of the newly expanded leaves. 



