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



borne Minster. 

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



Dorchester. 

 <G. R. P.) G. R. Peck, Muston Manor, Puddletown, 



Dorchester. 



Single notes from other observers will be acknowledged 

 under their records. Rev. A. E. Eaton, who contributed 

 observations last year, has left Dorset. Any information 

 from observers as to authentic records of birds, insects, plants, 

 &c., which are either rare or new to Dorset, of which they 

 may read or hear, as well as those facts observed by 

 themselves, will be acceptable. If unable to record more 

 than even one observation in a division, it would be 

 desirable to insert it, e.g., the sole record of a viper for 

 1911 is made by an observer who records nothing else in that 

 division of insects, &c. 



When early butterflies are recorded from greenhouses, it 

 usually means that the larva has spun up in the greenhouse 

 and the pupa has been forced by the warmth into an early 

 appearance. In such a case it would be well also to record 

 the first natural out-of-doors appearance of the species, 

 which can be compared with other records. It is of course 

 also most important that the species of bird, butterfly, plant, 

 &c., should be correctly identified. If the observer is not 

 certain and cannot obtain confirmation, he should state this, 

 or omit the record. 



NOTES ON RARE AND OTHER BIRDS IN 1911. 



HAWK (sp.inc.). On Jan. 30 a haAvk carried off a blue tit 

 feeding from a cocoanut at my window at Pulham. (J. R.) 



BARN OWL (Aluco flammeus, L.). This is getting more 

 plentiful at Chardstock. (E. S. R.) 



CUCKOO (Cuculus canorus, L.). A young cuckoo, reared by 

 robins, was observed by Mrs. Bosworth Smith at Bingham's 



