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



Dorchester. 



(W. P. C.) W. Parkinson Curtis, ) Aysgarth, Parkstone 



(E. H. C.) E. Barker Curtis ) Road, Poole. 



Messrs. W. P. and E. H. Curtis are new observers as far as 

 this Report is concerned, and have sent in valuable and 

 interesting notes on birds and insects. The former was the 

 author of the excellent monograph of the Ringed Plover, 

 which gained the Mansel-Pleydell Medal in 1906, and is 

 printed at p. 188 of Vol. XXVII. of our Proceedings. Single 

 notes from other observers will be acknowledged under their 

 records. 



NOTE ON FISH BY (W. P. C.) AND (E. H. C.). 



Taken 15 Nov., 1912, in Holes Bay, Poole Harbour, by 

 Mark Bolt and Fred Brown. 



Orcus (Thynnus) thynnus. The short-finned Tunny- 

 Length, 8 feet, nose to fork of tail ; girth behind pectorals, 

 5ft. IJin. ; gape, llin. ; fins, pectoral, 16in. ; dorsal, 

 9fin. ; lower caudal, 19Jin. ; tail, depth, 7in. ; anal 

 dorsal, 17 Jin. ; ventral dorsal, 8 fin. ; anal fin, 12 fin. ; 

 weight (estimated), 8501b. 



NOTES ON RARE AND OTHER BIRDS IN 1912. 



HAWFINCH (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) . Six seen at 

 Buckhorn Weston, July 12-20. (W. H. D.) 



LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (Dendrocopus minor) seen 

 Sept. 8 at Pulham. (J. R.) 



LAPLAND BUNTING (Plectrophanes lapponica). The follow- 

 ing note is copied from the " Field " newspaper at the end of 

 April, 1912, to which it was sent by Rev. S. E. V. Filleul, who 

 observed this rare species near Wareham. Its occurrence in 

 Dorset does not appear to have been before recorded : 



LAPLAND BUNTING IN DORSETSHIRE. On Jan. 30, 

 whilst standing quietly in a rough field adjoining one of the 



