162 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



Apr. 30 Heard on the Canford Estate. 



May 21 At Canford we watched a male drumming with 

 his beak on the dead limb of an oak tree ; he 

 did not look for food after tapping, neither 

 could we see him put his tongue out, or open 

 his beak in a manner to suggest that his light- 

 ning tongue was put out ; hence we think this 

 drumming was done out of sheer light-hearted- 

 ness, or as a signal to his mate. (W.P.C. and 

 E.H.C.) 



Dec. 12, 30, and 31 Seen at Melbury Osmund. (F.L.B.) 



(50) Dryobates minor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



March Observed several times by Head Keeper Wren 

 at Break Hill, Canford Estate. 



(51) Picus viridis. Green Woodpecker. 



Jan. 16 Heard to give his courting call at Merley Park, 



near Wimborne. 



Jan. 22 Calling loudly on Broadstone Golf Links. 

 Apr. 30 On the Canford Estate seen to fly off tree where 



one of the nests was last year. 

 May 7 One bird observed in excavating old nesting 



hole filled with the comb of the honey bee. (An 



examination of the comb, &c., made W.P.C. 



conclude that this nest had fallen a prey to the 



Isle of Wight disease.) 

 May 28 Observed at Badbury Rings. (E.H.C.) 



(52) lynx torquilla. Wryneck. 

 Arrival. 



Apr. 28 One heard close to Canon Parish's garden at 



Poole. 

 May 27 Heard outside Wareham Station. (E.H.C.) 



