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6n. Female; Arenig, near Bala; 8th December, 1896. — 

 Remains of 3 Greenfinches. 



612. Female ; I nee, Cheshire ; December, 1899. — Remains of 

 Chaffinch. 



Summary. — All the 7 examples contained the remains of 

 small birds. 



Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus, Linn.). 



613. ? Sex ; Cheshire, nth March, 1904. — Remains of 

 Hedge Sparrow (Accentor modularis) (feet broken off at base of 

 tarsal segment). 



614. Female ; Ince, Cheshire ; gth April, 1891. — 12 earth- 

 worms. 



615. Male ; near Chester ; 15th April, 1889. — Contained the 

 remains of 3 young birds (nestlings). 



616. Male ; Cheshire ; 18th April, 1884. — 2 Field Voles. 



617. Male ; Aldford, Chester ; 18th April, 1894. — 1 Long- 

 tailed Field Mouse. 



618. Male ; near Chester ; 20th April, 1894. — 1 Field Vole. 

 This bird was said to have been shot while in the act of 

 eating a young rabbit ! 



619. Female ; Aldford, Chester ; 24th April, 1894. — 2 Field 

 Voles ; remains (feathers) of Starling ; the dung beetle, 

 Geotrupes stercorarius. 



620. Male ; Eaton, Chester ; 6th May, 1901. — Remains of 

 2 Field Voles. 



621. Male; near Chester; 15th May, 1889. — Remains of 

 young bird (nestling) . 



622-624. 3 Young ; Cheshire ; 23rd June, 1894.— 3 Field 

 Voles (1 in each). Parent (No. 625) contained remains of 

 Meadow Pipit. 



625. Female ; Cheshire ; 23rd June, 1894. — Remains of 

 Meadow Pipit. 



626,, Female ; Delamere, Cheshire ; August, 1902. — 2 partly- 

 grown frogs. 



627. Female ; Flintshire ; 24th September, 1901. — Filled 

 with the remains of large dung beetles (Geotrupes stercorarius 

 and G. spinipes) . 



628. Male ; Cheshire ; 2jth September, 1902. — Bones of 

 1 Vole (? Microtus agrestis) ; many fragments of the beetle 

 Geotrupes sp. 



