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Teal (Nettion crecca (Linn.). 



717. Male; Eaton, Chester; 15th January, 1895. — -Many 

 seeds of a species of Carex and a quantity of sand. 



718. Male; Eaton, Chester ; 13th March, 1895. — Many small 

 seeds (Carex sp., &c.) ; vegetable fibre ; sand. 



719. Female; Anglesey; March, 1905.— Filled with green algae. 



720. Male; Cheshire; 19th May, 1905. — Partly filled with 

 the larva of Tynapus sp. 



721. 722. 2 Males ; Lincolnshire ; 15th December, 1904. — 

 About equal proportions of sand and vegetable matter (grass, 

 &c). 



Golden Eye (Clangula glaucion (Linn.). 



723. Male, jun. ; Dee Marshes, Cheshire; 19th January, 

 1894. — Remains of over 150 specimens of the beetle Helophorus 

 aquaticus * 1 Dytiscus punctulatus ; no pebbles or sand. 



724. Male ; Eaton, Chester ; $th December, 1889. — Algae and 

 pebbles. 



Widgeon (Mareca penelope (Linn.). 



725. Burton, Cheshire ; 23rd December, 1890. — A quantity of 

 grass and sand. 



726. Male; Dee Estuary, Cheshire; 16th February, 1901. — 

 Vegetable fibre and sand. 



Shoveler (Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



727. Knutsford, Cheshire; 16th February, 1901. — Large 

 grains of quartzite sand. 



Common Sheld-Duck (Tadorna cornuta (S. G. Gmelin). 



728. Male ; Prestatyn, North Wales ; 16th May, 1894. — A 

 large quantity of fragments of the shell Tellina balthica and 3 

 rather large pebbles. 



729. Female ; Talacre, North Wales ; 21st May, 1894. — 

 Filled with equal parts of sand and the shells of T. baltica. 



73°, 73 1 - 2 Males ; Burton, Chester ; 20th December, 1890. — 

 Both contained broken shells of Tellina balthica and algae. 



Mallard (Anas boscas, Linn.). 



732, 733. Male and Female ; Cheshire ; 13th March, 1895. — 

 Both contained a quantity of barley and oats ; fragments of 



