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and, fearing that further intrusion would cause them to quit 

 their nest prematurely, I left them. Interesting as this record 

 may seem, it does not prove that the wrens fed their young on 

 these nauseous larvae, though, as they are so distasteful, it is 

 strange that the young birds did not reject them in the first 

 instance. 



Tree-Creeper (Certhia familiaris, Linn.). 



162. ? Sex ; Oakmere, Cheshire ; 15th January, 1894. — 

 Many Turnip Flea Beetles (Phyllotreta undulata) ; spiders' 

 webs. 



163. Male ; Oakmere, Cheshire ; 15th January, 1894. — 

 Many fragments of weevils ; 1 Phyllotreta undulata ; 5 small 

 Lepidopterous larvae ; 1 spider. 



164. ? Sex ; Aldford, Chester ; 22nd January, 1894. — Apple 

 pips ; 1 Flea Beetle [Phyllotreta undulata) ; 1 Geodephagous 

 beetle ; 2 wing cases of a Coccinellid beetle (Coccinella 

 ? variabilis) . 



165. ? Sex ; near Chester ; 4th February, 1890. — Many frag- 

 ments of beetles (Curculionidae) . 



166. Male ; Aldford, Chester ; 22nd February, 1894. — Many 

 fragments of weevils ; 1 Phyllotreta undulata ; 1 Dipterous larva. 



167. ? Sex ; Aldford, Chester ; 22nd February, 1894. — 

 2 Phyllotreta undulata ; fragments of small weevils ; 3 seeds of 

 Knapweed (Centaur ea nigra). 



168. Male ; Aldford, Chester ; 22nd March, 1894. — Almost 

 entirely of fragments of small weevils (Apionidae, &c.) ; 1 small 

 cocoon of a species of Ichneumon ; small ball of spiders' webs. 



169. ? Sex ; Ince, Chester ;■ 20th June, 1894. — Fragments 

 of weevils (Apibn spp., &c.) ; several Flea Beetles (Phyllotreta 

 nemorum, Thy amis sp.). 



Summary. — 8 contained insects of the injurious group ; 2, 

 beneficial ; 3, spiders and their webs: ; 1, seeds of Knapweed 

 (C. nigra). 



Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris, Temmink). 



170. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; yth February, 1900. — Fragments of 

 2 weevils. 



171. Male; Ince, Chester; 22nd March, 1894. — Almost 

 entirely of beetles (Cercyon spp., Helophorus aquaticus, &c.) ; 

 fragments of 3 Ichneumons (2 species) . 



