Jicprt on ^bscrbations on the 



Appearances of givb?, Ensects, &\:,, anb the 



JflotoevinLj of plants anb Jietnrns of 



liainfall 



In Dorset dukinCx 1893. 



By NELSON M. RICHARDSON, B.A., F.E.S. 



iiS^t. 



INCE I wrote the 1893 Report the numher of 

 jNlembers in tlie Club has increased considerably, 

 and I am glad to find that there is a corresponding 

 increase in the number of observers of I'lants, 

 Birds, and Insects. Xine have this year sent in 

 their returns, as against seven last year, two of 

 these being confined to birds and one to plants. 

 The observers are the following :— J. C. Manscl-rieydell, 

 "Whatcombe, near lUandford ; X. ]\I. Kichardson, Chickerell, 

 near Weymouth ; E. K. T.ankes, Corfe Castle ; Kev. 0. P. 

 Cambridge, IJloxworth ; H. J. ]\[oule, Dorchester ; T. K. Atkinson, 

 Sherborne ; Rev. W. J. Rowley, AVooUand ; Colonel F. J. Stuarl, 

 Llandford ; J. Andrews, Swanago, the two last noting Birds only. 

 The observers are designated in the lists by their initials. 



Several rare birds have been observed in Dorset which it is 

 convenient to notice hfre, though they hanlly conn- .-trictlv 

 within the limits of this Iteport. 



