jfleto Species of Sirfcs obserbefc in Dorset 

 stnee tlje publication of 



6irts of Dorset," 1888 



By the Rev. F. L. BLATHWAYT, M.A., M.B.O.U. 



(Read llth Dec., 1917.) 



the publication of J. C. Mansel-Pleydell's 

 " Birds of Dorset " nearly 30 years ago, the 

 science of ornithology has much advanced, and 

 we know a great deal more than we did about 

 the wanderings and the distribution of the birds 

 of the British Isles. But as regards the county 

 of Dorset, though several good ornithologists 

 have diligently recorded their observations 

 in the pages of the Proceedings of the Dorset Field Club, 

 and consequently knowledge of the birds of the county is fast 

 increasing, yet it appears that there is a great deal of field 

 work still to be done before the knowledge of Dorset orni- 

 thology can be brought into line with that of many other 

 counties. 



During the year that the writer of this paper has resided 

 in the county, a year in which field work for many reasons 



