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MR. A. BENNETT ON STELLERIA DILLENIANA. 
Dr. Williams kindly sent me specimens, and on comparing 
them with my own I found I had gathered it in 1864, in 
Surrey at Moulsey Hurst, as Mr. Watson had in 1845 ! 
A Norfolk specimen I also possess from Flegg Burgh Fen, 
August, 1880. Wood Marsh, Stalham, 25th July, 1899, 
coming into flower. On the label of these specimens I had 
at some time put “ var.” 
Dr. Williams observes, “ I found a Stellaria just coming 
into flower, which seemed to be different from any other 
British forms of Stellaria. It was almost hidden in the 
matted grass, and was of the same tint of green as the grass 
with which it grew. Associated with it was A. palustris, 
noticeable from its glaucous leaves, but long out of flower.” 
I have a Scotch* (Wigton) specimen which may be it, but 
it is too poor to be sure. 
The plant will probably be found elsewhere in Norfolk, if 
sought for late enough. 
* Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. (1911), p. 253. 
IV. 
AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE FOOD OF 
CERTAIN BIRDS. 
By John Hammond, B.A. 
(School of Agriculture, Cambridge). 
Read November 28 th, ign. 
The investigation to be described was instigated by 
Professor Wood and Mr. Warburton at the School of Agri- 
culture, Cambridge, in the beginning of the year 1911. Its 
object was to determine whether or not certain birds were 
harmful to agriculture. For this purpose it was thought best 
to make an examination of their stomach contents, together 
