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with kernels of the hawthorn, mixed with fragments of the 

 shell. 



226. Male ; Christleton, Chester; 6th April, 1895. — Kernels of 

 the hawthorn, mixed with fragments of the shell. 



227. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 12th July, 1895. — Kernels of the 

 wild cherry or plum, mixed with fragments of the shells. 



228. Immature ; Hoole, Chester ; 21st July, 1893. : — Kernels 

 of " stone fruit " (plum or cherry). 



229. ? Sex ; Eaton, Chester; August, 1904. — Kernels from 

 the fruit of the yew and Portugal laurel. 



230. ? Sex ; Eaton, Chester ; 12th September, 1904. — Kernels 

 from the fruit of the yew. 



231. Male; Cheshire; 2gth November, 1903. — Kernels of 

 the wild cherry or plum mixed with many fragments of the 

 shells. 



232. 233. 2 Examples ; Mollingion, Chester; 26th November, 

 1888. — Filled with kernels of the hawthorn with small fragments 

 of the shell. 



234. ? Sex ; Cheshire; December, 1904. — Seeds of the 

 sycamore. 



235. Female; Mollington, Chester ; 15th December, 1888. — 

 Several whole kernels and many fragments of the yew, mixed 

 with fragments of the outer shell. 



236. Female ;^ Mollington, Chester; 15th December, 1888. — 

 50 kernels and many fragments of the yew. No shells mixed 

 with the food. 



237-239. 3 Females; Mollington, Chester; 15th December, 

 1888. — Kernels of the fruit of the yew mixed with small frag- 

 ments of the shell. 



240. Male ; near Chester / 2jth December, 1894. — Kernels of 

 hawthorn mixed with fragments of outer shell. 



Summary. — 10 contained kernels of the hawthorn ; 1, Portugal 

 laurel ; 3/cherry and plum ; 7, yew ; 1, sycamore. 



Field Notes. — 241. Garden Peas. — This bird has a great 

 fondness for garden peas and sometimes causes considerable 

 injury to this crop. It comes generally in small family parties, 

 and so persistent are they in their attacks that many of them 

 get shot down. The greatest number of these birds seen con- 

 gregated together was in a garden at Ingoldisthorpe, near 

 Kings Lynn, Norfolk, in the summer of 1905. Here they were 



