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629. ? Sex ; Dee Marshes, Cheshire ; November, 1904. — 

 Remains of Starling. 



630, 631. — 2 Females ; Eaton, Chester ; 23rd November, 1894.- — 

 Remains of 3 Field Voles in one, in the other 1 M. agrestis and 

 1 E. glareolus. 



632-638. 7 Pellets ; I nee, Chester : October, 1893. — Remains 

 of 9 Field Voles ; remains of the dung beetle Geotrupes sp. 

 in 5. These pellets were found on the ground beneath a 

 favourite roosting place of the Kestrel — a ledge beneath the 

 overhanging eaves of a country mansion, to which the birds 

 had resorted year after year for a number of years. 



639-688. 50 Pellets ; Aldford, Chester ; 21st April, 1894. — 

 Remains of 53 Field Voles, 1 Bank Vole and remains of a 

 Blackbird. These were taken from a nest containing 4 fully- 

 fledged young. 



Summary of Stomach Contents. — 3 contained insects of the 

 indifferent group ; 9, voles ; 1, mice ; 1, frogs ; 6, birds. 



Summary of 57 Pellets. — 62 voles ; 1 bird ; 5 indifferent 

 insects. 



Common Heron (Ardea cinerea, Linn.). 



689. Female ; Tr afford, Cheshire ; yth March, 1895. — Re- 

 mains of Water Vole (Microtus amphibius. Linn.). 



690. ? Sex ; Cheshire; nth October, 1901.-1 Common 

 Shrew (Sorex vulgaris), several Water Boatmen (Notonecta 

 glauca) ; many blades of grass. 



691. Male; Saltney, Chester; 1st December, 1893. — 1 adult 

 Water Vole ; many small fish bones. 



692-705. 14 Pellets-; Eaton, Chester; April to June. — All 

 these pellets consisted of the fur (very few bones) of the Water 

 Vole [M. amphibius) ; with a few wing cases of beetles, 

 Dytiscus marginalis and Geotrupes stercorarius, and the Water 

 Boatman (Notonecta glauca). 



706-708. 3 Pellets ; Tabley Park, Cheshire ; 21st March, 

 1903.— Fur of Water Vole [M. amphibius) ; 1 water beetle 

 (Dytiscus marginalis) . 



Summary. — 1 contained insects of the indifferent group, 

 2, voles ; 1, shrew ; i, fish ; 1, grass. 



Summary of xy Pellets. — All consisted of the remains (chiefly 

 fur) of the Water Vole, mixed with a few remains of beetles of 

 the indifferent and beneficial groups. 



