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781. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 14th November, 1886. — Fragments of 

 the shells of small land molluscs and sand. 



782. ? Sex ; Dee Estuary ; December, 1904. — Nothing but 

 pebbles and a little grass. 



783. Male; near Chester ; 18th December, 1888. — Fragments 

 of Geodephagous beetles ; 1 small earthworm ; vegetable 

 matter ; pebbles. 



Summary. — 4 contained insects of the injurious group ; 2, 

 beneficial group ; 2, indifferent group ; 3, molluscs ; 3, worms ; 

 5, grass and other vegetable remains. 



Green Sandpiper (Totanus ochropus, Linn.). 



784. Female ; Barrowmore, Chester ; 4th January, 1890. — 

 Fragments of hydradephagous beetles ; remains of caddis 

 worms (Phryganeidae) ; vegetable fibre ; a few pebbles. 



Summary. — Insects of the beneficial group and vegetable 

 matter. 



Oyster Catcher (Haematopus ostralegus, Linn.). 



785. ? Sex ; Prestatyn, Flint; 15th September, 1904. — 

 Filled with vegetable matter ; 2 angular stones. 



Woodcock (Scolopax rusticula, Linn.). 



786. Male; Aldford, Chester; 20th February, 1895. — 

 Fragments of 1 earwig ; 1 beetle (Geodephaga) ; a little sand. 

 This bird was found dead. 



Summary. — Insects of injurious and beneficial groups. 



Common Snipe (Gallinago ccelestis, Frenzel). 



787. .? Sex ; Yorkshire ; 8th February, 1904. — Chiefly grass 

 (partly digested) ; 3 undeterminable seeds ; a few quartz 

 pebbles. 



788. 2 ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 11th October, 1901. — (a) About 

 equal proportions of grass and fragments of beetles (Bembidium 

 spp., Amara sp., &c.) ; smooth pebbles. (b) Filled with grass, 

 mixed with a few pebbles. 



789. Female ; near Chester ; 25th October, 1888. — Fragments 

 of small land shells {Helix) ; vegetable matter and sand. 



790. Female ; near Chester ; 2jth October, 1888. — Vegetable 

 matter (chiefly grass) and a quantity of sand. 



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