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metro, papilionaria) ; minute fragments of beetles ; skins of 

 moth larvae ; 50 odd pebbles. 



325. Female; Eaton, Cheshire; yth June, 1892. — Remains 

 Of many moth larvae ; several Geodephagous and Rhyneo- 

 phorous beetles (Amara spp., Pterostichus sp., Sitones sp.) ; a 

 few pebbles. 



326. Male ; Delamere, Cheshire ; yth June, 1892. — Many 

 moth larvae ; remains of Geodephagous and Rhyncophorus 

 beetles ; pebbles. 



327. Nestling (fledged) ,\ Abbots Moss, Cheshire; 12th July, 

 1902.— Remains of many click beetles (Athous haemorrhoidalis 

 and Agriotes sp.) ; fragments of weevils ; a few small pieces of 

 potato ; incisor tooth of small rodent ; pebbles weighing 1 -55 

 grammes) . 



328. Nestling (fledged); Abbots Moss, Cheshire; 12th July, 

 1902. — Remains of 1 Dragon Fly (Aeschna juncea), the wings of 

 which were almost intact ; 5 large Noctuid moths (Xylo- 

 phasia ?) ; several Geometer moths. 



329. ? Sex ; Cheshire; 24th September, 1901. — Acorns di- 

 vested of the outer shell ; several earwigs ; fragments of brick 

 and pebbles. 



330. ? Sex ; Cheshire; November, 1903. — Filled with acorns ; 

 a few pebbles. 



331. ? Sex ; A Id ford, Cheshire ; $th November, 1894. — Filled 

 with acorns divested of the shells. 



332. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; December, 1903. — Filled with acorns 

 divested of the shells ; pebbles. 



333. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; December, 1903. — Filled with acorns 

 divested of the shells. 



■ 334. Male ; Delamere, Cheshire ; 15th December. — Glumes 

 of oats (? from horse dung) ; pebbles. 



335. Male; Delamere, Cheshire; 15th December, 1888.— 

 Glumes of oats (? from horse dung) ; a few grains of wheat ; 

 pebbles. 



336. Female ; Delamere, Cheshire ; 15th December, 1888. — • 

 Many grains of wheat and a few pebbles. 



Summary. — 10 contained insects of the injurious group ; 

 4, beneficial group, ; 4, indifferent group ; 5, wheat and oats ; 

 9, acorns ; 2, potato ; 2, shells of birds' eggs ; 1, miscellaneous ; 

 I, grass ; 2, bones of mammal. 



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