So 



768. Fledged young ; Cheshire ; 2nd September, 1904. — 

 Fruit of the blackberry. 



Summary. — 3 contained grass and other vegetable matter ; 

 1, seeds ; 1, berries ; 2, sand only. 



Coot (Fulica atra, Linn.). 



769. Male ; Colwyn Bay ; 19th January, 1894. — An enormous 

 quantity of sand, mixed with grass. This example was shot 

 on the foreshore. 



Ringed Plover (Mgialitis hiaticula (Linn.). 



770. ? Sex ; Estuary of the Dee ; October, 1903. — Contained 

 no food, but a large Calculus (8 by 5 mm.) of fine sand cemented 

 together by calcareous matter. ^ 



Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis, Linn.). 



771. Male; Saltney Marsh; Chester ; 29th March, 1897. — 

 2 click beetles (Agriotes sp.) ; 1 weevil (Curculionidae) ; a 

 quantity of grass. 



Summary. — Insects of the injurious group. 



Lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris, Bechstein). 



772. 773. 2 ? Sex ; near York ; 20th January, 1904. — Filled 

 with equal proportions of broken fragments of Telina sp. and 

 Bythinia sp. 



774. Male ; Aldford, Cheshire ; nth May, 1894. — 1 earth- 

 worm ; several mature larvae of a Noctuid moth {? Xylophasia 

 polyodon) ; a small quantity of vegetable matter (? grass). 



775. Female; Cheshire; 6th June, 1889. — A few pebbles only. 



776. Female; near Bala; July, 1903.— Many "leather 

 jackets " (larvae of Tipula sp.) ; pebbles. 



777. ? Sex ; Dee Marshes ; 8th September, 1903. — -Fragments 

 of the beetles Ocypus olens and Aphodius sp. ; many pebbles. 



778. ? Sex ; Dee Marshes ; 8th September, 1903. — Fragments 

 of 2 specimens of the dung beetle Aphodius sp. ; many pebbles. 



779. Female ; near Chester ; ^rd November, 1888. — 1 wire- 

 worm (Agriotes sp.); 1 earthworm ; a small quantity of grass ; 

 pebbles. 



780. ? Sex ; Dee Marshes ; 14th November, 1889. — Fragments 

 of small mollusca (Physa sp., Bythinia sp.) ; sand. 



