73 



744- Male; Ince, Chester ; 2nd February, 1895. — Many 

 small fish bones. 



Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus senator, Linn.). 



745. Female; Eaton, Chester; $th December, 1889. — 5 small 

 Roach (Leuciscus rutilus) ; 2 Gudgeon (Gobio fluviatilis) ; 

 quantities of small fish bones. This bird was perfectly en- 

 gorged, the fish filling both gullet and stomach. 



Goosander (Mergus merganser, Linn.). 



746. Female ; Dee Estuary ; 6th January, 1890. — Many 

 small fish (partly digested). This example also contained 

 several small thread-worms (Filaria) which showed signs of 

 life 6 or 7 days after the bird had been shot. 



747. Male ; River Dee, near Chester ; gth January, 1894. — 

 3 young Salmon, freshly caught, and remains of other small fish. 



Summary of the contents of the 3 species of Mergus. — 1 con- 

 tained Gudgeon ; 1, Roach ; 2, Salmon ; 2, Flukes ; 5, unde- 

 terminable fish remains ; 2, Sandhoppers. 



Quail (Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre). 



748. ? Sex ; Rhyl, Flintshire; 11th August, 1893. — Chiefly 

 seeds of the field brassica (Brassica campestris) ; a few seeds of 

 perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) ; seeds of black bindweed 

 (Polygonum Convolvulus) . 



Water-Rail (Rallus aquaticus, Linn.). 



749. Male; near Chester ; 3rd January, 1890. — Freshwater 

 molluscs (Planorbis sp., Bythinia tentaculata) ; many fragments 

 of beetles (Hydradephaga, Geodephaga, Rhyncophora) ; 

 pebbles. 



750. Male ; Colwyn Bay ; 3rd January, 1890. — Molluscs 

 (Helix rotundata, Pisidium sp.) ; pebbles. 



751. ? Sex ; Yorkshire ; 20th January, 1904. — 26 fruits of 

 ivy; 2 land shells (Zonites sp.) ; fragments of water bugs 

 (Notonecta, sp.). , . 



752. ? Sex ; Aid ford, Chester ; 4th February, 1890.— Small 

 land shells (Helix sp.) and pebbles. 



753. Male; Vicars Cross, Chester; 13th November, 1888. — 

 Vegetable matter only (grass, Sec). 



