14 
Table I. 
Months. 
County. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
1 
March. 
1 
April. 
May. 
June. 
i-i 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Total. 
Aberdeen 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
7 
Cheshire 
_ 
1 
- 
— 
5 
— 
— 
J 


1 
7 
Cumberland 
4 
1 • 
■ 4 
4 
— 
— 
— 
2 
— 
— 
— 
1 
IG 
Denbighshire ... 
6 
6 
11 
5 
7 
6 
— 
6 
— 
1 
— 
2 
50 
Derbyshire 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
1 
— 
2 
Devonshire 
7 
5 
11 
— 
— 
' 
3 
2 
— 
4 
— 
1 
33 
Dublin County... 
2 
2 
Edinburgh 
5 
— 
2 
1 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
1 
10 
Essex 
1 
1 
Fifeshire 
2 
1 
3 
1 
1 
4 
— 
12 
Gloucestershire. . . 
1 
— 
3 
1 
2 
2 
— 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
IG 
Hampshire 
1 
— 
: 
1 
Hertfordshire ... 
1 
— 
1 
— 
2 

— 
— 
— 

1 
5 
Huntingdonshire 
1 
1 
2 
Montgomeryshire 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
- — 
— 
2 
3 
Oxfordshire 
— 
— 
1 
1 
1 
3 
Pembrokeshire ... 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
2 
11 
Shropshire 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
— 
— 
— 
1 
— 
2 
— 
4 
Somersetshire . . . 
1 

2 
— 
1 
— 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
5 
Warwickshire ... 
— 
— 
— 
5 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
5 
Wight, Isle of ... 
— 
— 
1 
— 
_ 
— 
1 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Yorkshire 
5 
— 
— 
1 ~ 
6 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
11 
Total 
38 
i 
15 
1 39 
■ IG 
' 32 
15 
7 
13 
4 
8 
8 
13 
208 
Table II. 
Tabular statenmit shoiotng the percentage number of times a certain food 
item is taken. 
— 
Jan. 
Feb. 
.G 
o 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Number of gizzards 
38 
IG 
39 
IG 
32 
15 
7 
13 
4 
8 
8 
13 
examined. 
Injurious Insects ... 
7-8 
G-2 
12-8 
31 2 
G5-6 
73-3 
85-7 
46-1 
50 
37-5 

230 
Useful Insects 
2-G 
— 
15-3 
31-2 
25-0 
22-G 
57-1 
61-5 
75 
12-5 
— 
23-0 
Doubtful Insects... 
15-7 
G2 
17-9 
31-2 
46-8 
6G-6 
71-4 
Gl-5 
50 
4i0.0 
12-5 
.38-4 
other Injurious 
2-G 
— 
— 
— 
12-5 
— 
14-2 
15-3 
— 
— 
— 
15-3 
Invertebrates. 
Other Useful In^ 
— 
— 
— 
G-2 
9 3 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
7-6 
vertebrates. 
Other Doubtful In- 
10-5 
12-5 
28-2 
49-G 
31-2 
13-3 
42-8 
53-8 
— 
12-5 
— 
15-3 
vertebrates. 
Grain 
57-8 
87-5 
82-0 
93-G 
84-3 
26-6 
28-5 
76 9 
100 
100 0 
62-5 
84-6 
Weeds, Seeds, and 
10 5 
— 
2-5 
G-2 
9-3 
6-6 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Roots. 
15-7 
— 
23-0 
12-4 
43-7 
33-3 
71-4 
38-4 
— 
— 
— 
7-6 
lioots ••• ••• 
Miscellaneous Ani- 
21-0 
12-5- 
12-S. 
— 
G-2 
13-3 
28-5 
7-6 
— 
— 
— 
30-7 
mal Matter. 
Miscellaneous Ve- 
55-2 
43-7 
38-4 
37-2 
43-7 
73-3 
28-5 
53-8 
— 
87-5 
62-5 
53-8 
getable Matter. 
85-7 
Grit, Earth, &c. ... 
21-0 
25-0 
28-2 
31-2 
31-2 
46-6 
61-5 
100 
100-0 
37-5 
30-7 
