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14. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). Saddles-
combe, v. 78. Remains of small insects.
15. Swallow (Hirundo rustica). Birstwith, 14 xi. 77. Frag-
ments of small beetles, etc. Larval skins.
16. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris). Lindsell Hall,
1. 81. Seeds and nuts in fragments.
17. House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus).
(a) Chelmsford 1. 77. Grain and grit.
(b) Chelmsford 11. 78. Grain and grit. One small
Helix.
(c) (A young bird), viii. 78. Whole wheat grains.
Small beetles. No grit.
(d) Chignal, xii. 78. Whole wheat grains. Much
grit.
(e) Beeding & Old Shoreham, Sussex, vi. & vii. 79.
Whole grains of wheat. A little grit. A few
beetle remains. Enclosed in a separate paper
is a mass of parts of beetles.
(f) Chesterford. A mass of parts of beetles, etc.
(g) Chignal, v. 14. Chiefly corn. A few beetle remains.
18. Cornbunting (Emberiza miliaria). Brighton, x. 78.
Seeds and shelly grit.
19. Yellow Bunting (E. citrinella). Chignal, 2 1. 79.
12 grains of wheat and fragments of wheat.
20. Starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
(a) York, 1876. 3 Helix caperata.
(b) Chelmsford 11. 78. 2 Helix hispida. A mass of
beetle remains.
(c) Shoreham, v. 78. A mass of small green beetles.
(d) Broomfield, xii. 78. 1 Helix rufescens. 1 H. caperata.
A few small beetles. Corn—about 8 grains.
(e) Stevens, Chignal, 1. 79. Grass husks.
(f) (shot on ice) Pengy, 1. 79. 2 Helix rufescens. Much
beetle remains.
(g) Devil's Dyke, Sussex, iii. 79. 4 Helix hispida.
1 Cochlicopa lubrica. 1 Pupa umbilicata. Beetles.
A little seed husk.
21. Jay (Garrulus glandarius).
(a) York, x. 76. 10 stones.
(b) York, xii. 76. Cereal husks and stones.