142 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



May 28 One seen at Badbury Rings. (E.H.C.) 

 Aug. 20 Close to Anvil Point we watched a pair feeding 

 young out of the nest. The food brought on 

 several occasions was the Wainscot Moth, 

 Leucania pattens ; but we could not observe all 

 the food brought owing to the restriction on the 

 use of field glasses on the coast. (W.P.C. and 

 E.H.C.) 

 Nov. 19 One at Weymouth. (F.L.B.) 



ALAUDIDAE. 



(14) Alauda arvensis. The Skylark. 



Jan. 17 One singing close to Poole. 

 Jan. 24 Four or five close to Poole. 

 Jan. 31 Two or three close to Poole. (E.H.C.) 

 May 20 Singing very vigorously on the outskirts of 

 Berewood. (W.P.C.) 



(15) Lullula arbor ea. The Woodlark. 



June 4 In the neighbourhood of Poole W.P.C. saw 

 this bird in a small wood. Observed it gather- 

 ing insects in a tree and depositing them on the 

 flat of a bough near where the bough joined the 

 main trunk. (This habit is a known peculiarity 

 of this bird, I am informed by another observer. 

 Ed.) He is confident that he is right as to his 

 identification, as since that date he has gathered 

 additional confirmatory evidence. (W.P.C.) 



MOTACILLIDAE. 



(16) Motacilla lugubris. The Pied Wagtail. 



May 20 Seen with a beakful of insects (order not de- 

 termined) evidently feeding young. Bere 

 Wood. (W.P.C.) 



