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pellet, about the size of a filbert, of tightly packed grass mixed 

 with blackish hairs from the larvae of some Lepidopterous insect 

 (? Bombycidae). 



467. Fledged young ; Delamere, Cheshire ; 3rd September, 

 1904. — 14 larvae of the moth Hadena pi si ; 1 larva of the Buff 

 Ermine Moth (Spilosoma lubricipeda). No hairs on stomach 

 wall as in adults, which had been feeding on hairy caterpillars. 



468. ? Sex ; Wallasey, Cheshire ; July, 1888. — Wing cases 

 of several Coccinnelid beetles (Hippodamia variegata, Goeze) ; 

 several partly digested skins of moth larvae. 



Summary. — 13 contained insects of the injurious group ; 

 6, beneficial group ; 5, indifferent group ; i, eggs of earth- 

 worm ; 1, egg shell of Meadow Pipit ; 2, bud scales ; 1, seeds. 



Barn Owl (Sirix flammea, Linn.). 



469. ? Sex ; Mollington, Chester ; 1st April, 1905. — Stomach 

 almost filled with a fine grey silty soil. 



470. ? Sex ; Cheshire; September, 1901. — 1 Common Shrew 

 (Sorex vulgaris) . 



, 471. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 4th September, 1904. — 1 dung beetle 

 (Geotrupes vernalis). 



472. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; nth September, 1904. — 1 Common 

 House Mouse (Mus musculus) ; 1 House Sparrow. 



473. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 11th September, 1904. — 2 Field Voles 

 {Microtus agrestis (Linn.). 



474. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 12th September, 1904. — 1 Long-tailed 

 Field Mouse (Mus sylvaticus) ; remains of 2 Long-eared 

 Bats (Plecotus auritus) ; remains of 3 beetles (Geotrupes sp., 

 Pterostichus sp. and a small weevil) ; 1 Noctuid moth. 



475. ? Sex; Cheshire; October, 1903. — 4 Field Voles, all 

 partly digested. 



476. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; November, 1903. — 1 Sparrow. 



477. ? Sex ; Flintshire ; November, 1902. — 1 Green Finch. 



478. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 3rd November, 1903. — 1 Bank Vole 

 (Evotomys glareolus (Shrib.) ; 4 Common Shrews. The vole had 

 been almost completely digested, the shrews were practically 

 intact and freshly killed. 



479. ? Sex ; Flintshire ; December, 1903. — 3 Field Voles, 

 partly digested. 



480. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; ? date. — 2 freshly caught Field Voles. 



