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Puffin (Fratercula arctica (Linn.). 



920, 921. 2 Males, 1 Female ; St. Kilda, Western Hebrides ; 

 3rd June, 1902. — Remains of small fish in all 3 examples. 



922. Nestling in down ; Puffin Island, Anglesey ; 12th July, 

 1890. — A small quantity of algae and some down from its own 

 body. 



Red-Throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn.). 



923. Female ; Dee Estuary ; 6th December, 1888. — Remains 

 of small fish partly digested. 



924. 925. 2 ? Sex ; Dee Estuary ; 6th December, 1888. — Both 

 filled with the remains of fish. 



Great Crested Grebe (Podicipes cristatus (Linn.). 



926. Female ; Colwyn Bay (foreshore) ; 29th December, 

 1893. — Scales and bones of small fish ; 63 feathers from its 

 own breast and many fragments of others. 



Little Grebe or Dabchick (Podiceps fluviatilis, Tunstall). 



927. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; 22nd January, 1905. — A few frag- 

 ments of Hydradephagous beetles (Agabus sp., &c.) ; a few 

 small fish bones. 



928. ? Sex ; Cheshire; 22nd January, 1905. — A few feathers 

 from its own breast £ 1 small plant stem. The mucous mem- 

 brane of the stomach was stained green. 



929. Young (in down) ; Cheshire ; 1904. — 3 caddis worms 

 (larvae of Phryganeidae) ; 2 Water Boatmen (Notonecta glauca) ; 

 many fragments of Hydradephagous beetles. 



930. ? Sex ; Cheshire ; $th December, 1889. — Plant remains 

 and a few pebbles. 



Summary. — 2 contained insects of the beneficial group ; 

 1, fish remains ; 2, vegetable matter ; 1, feathers. 



Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa 



(Viellot). 



931-934. 4 Males, 1 Female ; Boreray, St. Kilda ; $th June, 

 1902. — There was nothing in the stomachs of these 5 birds ! 



Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). 

 935> 936. 2 Males, 2 Females ; St. Kilda ; $th and yth June, 

 1902. — All 4 examples contained the bu ccal organs of cephalo- 



pods. 



