FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 157 



May 28 A pair at Badbury Rings, the male in full song. 

 The female was not sitting, as E.H.C. saw them 

 both together. He could not consequently find 

 the nest ; and when he used the call note the 

 male came close to him and sang lustily. 

 (E.H.C.) 



June 17 Young nightingales were fledged and going 

 about with their parents at Berewood. (W.P.C.) 



(42) Saxicola rubicola. The Stonechat. 



Jan. 9 On Broadstone Golf Links, a perfect spring- 

 like day of continual sunshine, heard singing 

 with great joy. 



Apr. 15 Near Canford, W.P.C. and E.H.C. saw a re- 

 markable male of this species which exhibited 

 an unusual amount of white on his wings, 

 particularly when in flight, looking like Saxicola 

 torquata. 



May 13 At Canford Bottom, nest with four young. 



May 14 These young birds were beginning to shew 

 signs of feathering. 



May 15 E.H.C. observed another' pair for one and a 

 half hours, catching two to three a minute of 

 Eupithecia nanala and Crambus (sylvellus or 

 pascuellus). 



May 16 5.45 a.m. Cycled out to Canford Bottom to 

 photograph these small birds. E.H.C. got 

 settled to work at 7.35. 

 7.45 female came to the nest. 

 7.50 male fed young with flies. 

 7.55 female fed young. 

 7.56 male fed young. 



8.0 male and female both came to the nest 

 together and left suddenly. 

 8.2 Blackbirds, missel thrushes, and small birds 

 were making a great noise, mobbing some bird 

 in bushes or trees behind the tent. 



