FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 159 



Departure. 



Aug. 1. A family seen at Arish Mell. (W.P.C.) 



Aug. 6 Se veral on Bovington Heath, Wareham. (E.H.C.) 



One at Arish Mell. (W.P.C.) 

 Aug. 12-13 Ten or twelve in the Lighthouse Field, Swanage. 



(W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 

 Aug. 20 There were a good number in the Lighthouse 



Field at Anvil Point and on Peveril Down, 



Swanage, representing a further downward 



movement. 

 Oct. 8 One female seen at Canford Bottom, perched 



on an arbutus tree. (W.P.C.) 



ACCENTORIDAE. 



(44) Accentor modularis. The Hedge Sparrow. 



July 7 One seen near Fleets with a wainscot moth 

 (? species) in its beak. (W.P.C.) 



CINCLIDAE. 



(45) Cinclus cinclus britannicus. The British Dipper. 

 Nov. 28 Two seen at Abbotsbury. (F.L.B.) 



HIRUNDINIDAE. 



(46) Hirundo rustica. The Swallow. 

 Arrival. 



Apr. 11 About a score seen at Char mouth, although 



none were seen at Edmondsham till April 20. 



(E.F.L.) 

 Apr. 23 Three not far from the main road from Poole 



to Wareham. 

 Apr. 28 About forty or fifty in one company and about 



twenty in another, at Poole. 



Apr. 30 Twenty to thirty seen at Canford. (E.H.C.) 

 Apr. 30 Several flying about at Badbury. (W.P.C.) 



