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Report ox the Food Found in 
sputator, A. hneata and Athous hcemorrhoidalis) ; 2 Wireworms ; 6 
Ground Beetles ( Steropus madidus ) ; 6 Carabid larval skins* ; 3 Pea 
and Bean Weevils ( Sitones Hneata) ; 7 Clover Weevils ( 5 . fiavescens ) ; 
2 Weevils ( Sitones sp. ? ) ; 3 Hypera Weevils ( Hypera punctata ) ; 
1 Raspberry Weevil [Otiorhynchus picipes) ; 4 Dung Beetles [Aphodius 
fimetarius)* ; 1 Chafer larva ; 1 Devil's Coach Horse ( Ocypus olens)* ; 
5 Staphylinid beetle bodies* ; 1 1 Dark Arches Moth ( Xylophasia 
polyodon ) larvae ; 1 Stratyomid larva ; 2 Millepedes [Julus londinensis) ; 
17 Banded Down Snails ( Helicella caperata) ; 4 Down Snails [H. 
virgata ) ; 1 Wood Snail [Helix ne moral is) ; 11 Vallonia Snails ( Vallonia 
pulchella) ; 1 Twist Snail ( Cochlicopa lubrica ); and 1 Earthworm.* 
Much beetle debris occurred in 15, grass in 2, other vegetal matter 
in 3, and stones in 1. 
June. — Of the 5 birds received not one contained any food. 
July. — T he 16 birds examined contained 1—3 Leather Jackets 
(Tipula sp.) ; 1 Daddy Long Legs ( Tipula sp. ? ) ; 15 Pea and Bean 
Weevils ( Sitones Hneata ) ; 3 Clover Weevils ( Sitones fiavescens) ; 2 
Weevils ( Sitones sp. ?) ; 6 Ground Beetles ( Steropus madidus) ; 2 Carabid 
larval skins ; 1 Barynotus Weevil ( Barynotus obscurus) ; 1 Hypera 
Weevil [Hypera punctata) ; 20 Noctuid larval skins; 3 Muscid larvae 
[Anthomyia ? ) ; 1 Earwig ( Forficula auricularia) ; 2 Millepedes 
[Julus) ; 1 Hairy Snail (. Hygromia hispida) ; 13 Banded Snails [Helicella 
caperata) and 1 Down Snail (H. virgata) ; 1 Twist Snail ( Cochlicopa 
lubrica). 
Much beetle debris in 5, clover leaves in 1. Two birds were quite 
empty. 
August. — F ive birds examined ; they contained : — 4 Hypera 
Weevils [Hypera punctata) ; 12 Chafer larvae ( Rhizotrogus solstitialis) ; 
2 Ghost Moth larvae [Hepialus humuli) ; 1 young Dark Arches Moth 
[Xylophasia polyodon) larva ; 5 Daddy Long Legs ( Tipula sp. ? )f; 
1 Muscid puparium ; 4 Twist Snails ( Cochlicopa lubrica). 
September. — Ten birds examined ; they contained : — 20 Daddy 
Long Legs [Tipula oleracea, paludosa and lateralis) ; over 900 Tipulid 
ova (judging from the number left after counting up to 900 there were 
probably 1,300 in 8 of the birds) ; 2 Clover Weevils [Sitones fiavescens) ; 
1 Allied Pea and Bean Weevil [Sitones crinitus) ; 2 Earwigs [Forficula 
auricularia) ; 27 Noctuid Moth larval skins ; 3 Earthworms.* Two 
birds were quite empty, and 2 contained beetle debris. 
October. — Thirty-one birds examined ; these contained : — 5 
Leather Jackets ; 6 Click Beetles [A. sputator. 2 ; A. hcemorrhoidalis , 4) ; 
12 Wireworms ; 90 Pea and Bean Weevils [Sitones Hneata) ; 35 Clover 
Weevils [Sitones fiavescens) ; 1 Sitones hispidulus, Fabr. ; 1 Sitones 
puncticollis , Steph. ; 4 Sitones sp. ? ; 3 Hypera Weevils [Hypera punctata) 
and 1 Hypera plantaginis, De Geer ; 21 Dung Beetles [Aphodius)* ; 
17 Carabid larvae* ; 1 Anthonomus sp. ? (head) ; 2 Strophosomus faber, 
Herbst.; 1 Simplocaria semistriatus, Fabr. ; 3 Xantholinus linearis , 
Ol. ; 2 Ghost Moth [Hepialus humuli) larvae ; 1 Garden Swift Moth 
[H. lupulinus) larva ; 1 Dark Arches Moth [Xylophasia polyodon) 
larva ; 14 Muscid larvae and pupae ; 3 Fever Fly larvae [Bibionidcs) ; 
4 Earwigs [Forficula auricularia) ; 2 Rove Beetles [Staphylinid ce)* ; 
2 Woodlice [Oniscus ascellus) ; 32 Banded Down Snails [Helicella 
caperata) and 2 Hairy Snails [Hygromia hispida) ; 1 Cochlicopa lubrica, 
and 1 Earthworm [Lumbricus terrestvis) .* 
f These cannot be placed, and are included in table as neutrals. 
