268 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



(G. R. P.) Gerald R. Peck, Darenth, Parkstone. (Re- 



moved to Muston Manor, Puddletown, 

 Dorchester.) 



(S. E. V. F.) Rev. S. E. V. Filleul, All Saints' Rectory, 

 Dorchester. 



(E. F. L.) Rev. E. F. Lintoii, Edmondsham Rectory, 



Salisbury. 



(J. M. J. F.) Rev. J. M. J. Fletcher, The Vicarage, Wini- 

 borne Minster. 



(E. E. W.) Miss Ellen E. Woodhouse, Chilmore, Ansty, 



Dorchester. 



Single notes from other observers will be acknowledged 

 under their records. 



NOTES ON RARE AND OTHER BIRDS IN K)09. 



HAWK (KESTREL Falco tinnunculus, L.?)- A remarkable 

 proof of the keenness of the hawk's vision happened on 

 March 28th. I had placed a cocoanut quite close to my 

 dining room window among wistaria branches, and filled it 

 with fat for tits. On that day a hawk dashed on a tit, whose 

 head was hidden in the nut, so that it could not see the danger. 

 Only a part of the bird was visible, and that in shade, yet the 

 hawk saw it from a distance and unerringly went for it. (J. R.) 



(PULHAM.) 



PIED FLYCATCHER (Muscicapa atricapilla, L.). I observed 

 a pied flycatcher here on May 1st, 1909, which seems to be 

 unusually early. It was hawking for flies from a tree close to 

 the school and frequently alighted in the road ; it also clung 

 to the school wall and extracted insects from the crevices. 

 I was soon joined by some passers-by, and we were able to 

 watch the motions of this beautiful little bird for half-an-hour 

 with great pleasure. I have only once previously observed 



