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Jackdaw (Corvus monedula, Linn.). 



345. Male,; Eaton, Chester; 15th April, 1895. — Several 

 examples of the weevils Otiorhynchus sulcatus and Sitones 

 sulcifrons; glumes of oats; wheat ; a small ball of sheep's wool. 



346. Female; Eaton, Chester ; 15th April, 1895. — Glumes 

 of the oat, ? from horse dung. 



347. Male; Eaton, Chester; 15th April, 1895. — 2 scale 

 insects (Lecanium genevense) ; 1 beetle (Chrysomela staphylcea) ;. 

 several weevils [Otiorhynchus sulcatus and fragments of other 

 species) ; glumes of the oat ; pebbles and a No. 7 gunshot taken 

 in lieu of a pebble. 



348. Female; Eaton, Chester ; 15th April, 1895. — Glumes of 

 the oat (? from horse dung) ; fragments of small weevils ; a 

 ball of sheep's wool ; 2 angular pieces of rock and 1 of mortar. 



349. 350. 2 Females ; Aldford, Chester ; 24th April, 1894. — 

 Both examples filled with wheat mixed with a very few frag- 

 ments of Coleoptera. The wheat had in all probability been 

 used as a bait. 



351. Nestling (feathered); Delamere, Cheshire; 20th May,, 

 1 901. — 10 almost perfect click beetles (Athous haemorrhoidalis) ; 

 2 Geodephagous beetles (Carabus violaceus, C. catenulatus) ; 

 many fragments of other Coleoptera ; 1 large Dipteron (Bibi& 

 sp.) ; numerous angular pebbles. 



352. Female; Delamere, Cheshire; 28th May, 1901. — Frag- 

 ments of many weevils ; click beetles (Athous sp.) ; 1 shell of 

 Vitrina pellucida ; 1 young potato about the size of a pea and 

 fragments of others. 



353. Nestling (feathered) ; Delamere, Cheshire; 28th May, 

 1901. — -i full-fed larva of the butterfly Epinephele tithonus ; 

 1 full-fed larva of Antler moth (Charceas graminis) ; several 

 larvae of the Winter moth (Cheimatobia brumata) ; 1 of Hybernia 

 defoliaria and other Geometers ; 1 almost perfect example of 

 the dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius. 



354. Male ; Mouldsworth, Cheshire ; 4th June, 1903. — A 

 few Noctuid moth larvae ; ■ remains of the cockchafer, Melo- 

 lontha vulgaris. 



355. ? Sex ; Eaton, Chester ; 16th June, 1901. — Filled with 

 wheat and other cereals which had probably been used as a bait 

 to attract the bird. 



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