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Remains of small insects. Grass, (b) Chignal, 179.
3 H. hispida. 10 hawthorn stones.
4. Blackbird. (x. merula).
(a) York, XI. 77. About 6 cereal husks, 1 beetle,
(b) 24 xii. 78. 2 haws. Helix hispida. Clausilia
rugosa. Grit.
(c) Corder's Wood, 28 xii. 78. Helix caperata. About
30 grains of wheat.
(d) Portslade, Sussex, 1. 79. 5 Helix hispida. 3 H.
rufescens. 2 H. arbustorum.
(e) Stackyard, Chignal, 10 1, 79. 6 Helix hispida.
1 Cochlicopa lubrica. 1 grain of corn. Small
pellets of husks. Elytra.
(f) Chignal, 1. 79. 1 grain of corn. Husks in small
pellets. 2 gasteropods (1 Clausilia rugosa, 1 Cochli-
copa lubrica).
(g) Chignal, VIII. 90. 4 dipterous flies.
5. Wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe). Devil's Dyke, Sussex.
Larva of Click beetle. Elytra.
6. Stonechat (Pratincola rubicola). South Downs, near
Shoreham, III. 79. Elytra, etc., of small beetles.
7. Robin (Erithacus rubecula). York, xi. 77. Small beetles
and other insects. Grass.
8. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia cinerea). Saddlescombe,
6 v. 78. Pellet composed of fragments of small insects, chiefly
beetles.
9. Goldcrest (Regulus cristatus). Saffron Walden, xii. 81.
A mass of tiny insect remains.
10. Dipper (Cinclus aquaticus). Scotland, ix. 78. Appendages
of small crustacean.
11. Great Tit (Parus major). Chelmsford, 2 1. 78. Scale
leaves. Insects.
12. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis).
(a) Broomfield, 1. 79. Beetles. Wood lice. 1 Pupa
umbilicata. A little vegetable matter.
(b) Shoreham (young bird), v. 79. (From pellets at
side of nest.) Beetles.
13. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor). York, xi. 76.
Remains of young bird.