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497- - ? S ex > Flintshire ; 23rd January, 1905. — Remains of a 

 Blackbird ; hair of Vole ; fragments of Geodephagous beetles. 



498. Female ; Eaton, Chester ,1 22nd March, 1894. — Remains 

 of 1 Water Vole (Microtus amphibius, Linn.) and 1 Long-tailed 

 Field Mouse. 



499. ? Sex ; Eccleston, Chester ; 26th April, 1904. — A portion 

 of the wing of a Blackbird and 1 Common Shrew. 



500. ? Sex; Aldford, Chester; 26th April. — 1 Long-tailed 

 Field Mouse ; several large dung beetles (Geotrupes spinipes), 

 and a small quantity of grass. 



501. Female; Great Witcombe, Gloucester ; July (4th week), 

 1903 ; killed at 6 a.m. — Several grey slugs (Limax agrestis) ; 

 3 Noctuid moths ; some blades of grass. The slugs were 

 freshly caught and quite intact. 



502. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; September, 1904. — 1 Starling. 



503. Male ; Moelfra, North Wales ; 3rd December, 1894. — 

 A brown fluid (? digested worms) , soil and a quantity of a lime- 

 like substance resembling mortar. 



504. Female ; Flintshire ; 8th December, 1904. — Fur of 

 small mammal (no bones) ; vegetable matter (? grass). 



505-508. 4 Pellets; Burton, Cheshire; 11th May, 1904. — 



2 Bank Voles ; 4 Field Voles ; 3 Common Shrews ; 1 Long- 

 tailed Field Mouse. 



509-522. 14 Pellets ; Colomendy, Mold ; lyth May, 1902. — 

 5 House Sparrows ; 8 Long-tailed Field Mice ; 15 Water Shrews 

 (Crossopus fodiens) ; 1 Common Shrew ; 1 Blackbird ; remains 

 of Geotrupes sp. in several of the pellets. 



523-570. 48 Pellets ; Eaton, Chester ; 23rd May, 1895. — 

 10 skulls of Field Vole ; 4 skulls of Water Vole ; 1 skull of 

 House Mouse ; 6 skulls of Long-tailed Field Mouse ; 38 skulls 

 of Common Shrew ; 25 skulls of House Sparrow ; 1 skull of 

 Thrush ;. 1 skull of Bunting (? Yellow Bunting). 



571, 572. 2 Pellets ; Charlton. Chester ; 2 Jth September, 1902. — 



3 Common Shrews ; feathers of Blackbird ; skull of House 

 Sparrow. 



573-576. 4 Pellets ; Eaton, Chester. — (a) 4 Shrews and 1 

 Field Vole, (b) 2 House Sparrows and 1 Shrew, (c and d) 

 2 Shrews and 4 Field Voles. 



577-579. 3 Pellets; Eaton, Chester; January, 1903. — 

 (a) 2 Common Shrews; 1 Field Vole, (b) 2 Field Voles, 

 (c) 1 Bank Vole. 



