FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 189 



Phylloscopus siUlator (The Woodwren). 10th May, 1913, 

 first heard at Canford. 12th May, 1913, two heard at Bere- 

 wood. 7th June, 1913, a pair feeding young in a nest on the 

 north-east side of bank in a copse at Canford. Both birds 

 brought food., though the male every now and again 

 went into a tree above the nest to sing. Both birds 

 came round us when we examined the nest and uttered a 

 plaintive " weet weet weet," notwithstanding that both had 

 a bill full of lepidopterous larvae. (W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 



Locustella ncevia (The Grasshopper Warbler). 3rd May, 

 1913, two heard singing loud and long at Canford, and again 

 on the 5th May and again on the 10th. On the 17th May 

 only one bird was singing in the same bog. On the 22nd we 

 made strenuous efforts to find the nest, but although the male 

 bird actually walked right over E.H.C.'s feet (!) we failed. 

 Both birds seemed very tame. We saw the male again on 

 the 5th June, but the birds were gone on the 7th. On the 

 6th July we saw eight or nine in company with other migrants 

 at Studland ; this was the last time. (E.H.C.) 



Turdus musicus (The Song Thrush). In full song at the 

 beginning of January. (N.M.R.) 6th April, nest and four 

 eggs at Berewood. (E.H.C.) 



Daulias luscinia (The Nightingale). This bird was more 

 than usually abundant in Berewood, altogether we found six 

 nests, and saw in addition several pairs feeding young ; 

 except for one nest, which for some reason did not hatch, 

 the birds got off well. The nest that failed was in the vicinity 

 of two robins' nests and a hedge sparrow's nest, all of which 

 were wholly or partially destroyed, and we incline to think 

 the sitting birds were destroyed. (W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 



Cindus aquaticus. This bird brought off a brood at 

 Wareham this year. (W.P.C.) 



Colonel Frank G. L. Mainwaring, of Upwey, writes 

 under date 3rd March, 1914 : 



" One of the most interesting birds here is the Dipper, or 

 Water Ousel (of which I have seen two or three pairs flying about or 

 at rest between the source and the mouth of the Wey). A pair of these 



