the Rook, Starling and Chaffinch. 
29 
One bird contained 2 grains of wheat, and others 21 barley grains 
and husks. Much beetle debris in 9 and Lepidopterous larval remains 
in 7. Two birds were empty. 
November. — Only 2 birds were sent in. These contained 
2 Click Beetles ( Athous hcBmorrhoidalis) ; 6 Wireworms; 2 Banded 
Snails ( Helicella caperata) ; 1 Earthworm* ; 25 grains of wheat. 
December. — Fourteen birds examined, 7 of which were quite empty. 
The other 7 contained : — 32 Leather jackets ( Tipula oleracea , etc.) ; 21 
Wireworms; 30 Click Beetles (A. sputator and A. hcBmorrhoidalis ); 
32 Pea and Bean Weevils ( Sitones lineata ) ; 7 Clover Weevils (S. 
flavescens) ; 2 Raspberry Weevils ( Otiorhynchus picipes ) ; 2 Hypera 
Weevils (. Hypera punctata) ; 1 Ground Beetle ( Pterostichus sp.) ; 13 
Ground Beetle larvae ( Carabidce )* ; 75 Fever Fly larvae (. Bibionidce ) ; 
22 Muscid larvae ; 2 Sargus larvsey; 26 Noctuid larval skins ( Agrotis 
sp.) ; 12 Earwigs [Forficula auricular ia ) ; 6 Aphides ( Rhopalosiphum 
persiccB ) ; 12 Small Snake Millepedes ( Blanjulus pulchellus) ; 2 Mille* 
pedes ( Julus sp.) ; 13 Woodlice (Oniscus ascellus, 7 ; and Armadillidiunt 
vulgar e , 6). 
Twenty- four mollusca, 2 being whole Field Slugs ( Agriolimax 
agrestis ) ; 20 Banded Snails ( Helicella caperata) ; 2 Down Snails ( Helicella 
virgata). Also 2 Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris).* 
Of grain, 29 wheat, 6 barley, also 3 beech mast and 20 charlock seeds. 
Much vegetal debris in 4 birds, and beetle debris in 2. 
The Starling. 
Monthly Summary , 1913 . 
Month. 
Harmful 
Insects. 
Harmful 
Arachnids. 
Harmful 
Myriapoda. 
Harmful 
Crustacea. 
Harmful 
Mollusca. 
Harmful 
Seeds. 
Beneficial 
Insects. 
Beneficial 
Arachnids. 
Beneficial 
Myriapoda. 
Beneficial 
Crustacea. 
Beneficial 
Mollusca. 
Grain. 
Neutrals. 
Number of 
Birds. 
January 
56 
O 
I 
I 
33 
0 
15 
8 
4 
O 
O 
21 
50 
22 
February 
329 
O 
6 
O 
232 
O 
3 T 
6 
0 
1 
O 
I I 
198 
59 
March . . 
266 
O 
O 
O 
41 
O 
105 
6 
4 
O 
O 
47 
13 
49 
April . . 
144 
O 
4 
0 
83 
O 
28 
0 
1 
O 
° 
0 
1 
29 
May 
119 
O 
2 
O 
22 
O 
16 
0 
0 
I 
O 
0 
13 
29 
June 
0 
O 
0 
O 
0 
0 
O 
0 
O 
O 
O 
0 
O 
5 
July .. 
58 
O 
2 
O 
15 
O 
O 
0 
0 
O 
O 
0 
I 
16 
August. . 
20 
O 
0 
O 
0 
O 
O 
0 
0 
O 
O 
0 
9 
1 
5 
September 
952 
O 
0 
O 
0 
O 
O 
0 
0 
3 
O 
0 
0 
10 
October 
190 
O 
0 
2 
34 
0 
4 ° 
0 
0 
I 
O 
23 
I 
3 i 
November 
8 
O 
0 
O 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
O 
25 
0 
2 
December 
268 
O 
14 
13 
24 
20 
1 3 
0 
0 
2 
O 
38 
0 
H 
Total 
2410 
O 
29 
16 
486 
20 
248 
20 
9 
9 
0 
165 
286 
271 
f It is uncertain whether these are beneiicial or neutral, and they are not 
included in the table. 
