98 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



White Wagtail. A party of 6 or 7 on migration, on Lodmoor, 



Weymouth, May 6th. (F.L.B.) 



These were easily identified in their spring plumage, and 

 appeared tamer and more silent than Pied Wagtails ; the 

 alarm note was also weaker than that of the commoner 

 species, and was a treble rather than a double note. This 

 species has not often been recorded for Dorset, but it probably 

 passes through every year at the periods of migration. 



Girl Bunting. Winterborne Abbas, April 6th. (F.L.B) 



Weymouth, May 6th. (F.L.B.) Bridport, May 21st. 

 (W.W.M.) 



Woodlark. Increasing in the Heath and Pine district in East 

 of county. (J.H.S.) Breeds also in West Dorset, newly 

 hatched young, May 8th. (F.L.B.) 



Dipper. Records of breeding or probable breeding from 

 Loders, Netherbury, Melbury Osmund, Weymouth, Sher- 

 borne, Dorchester, and also on the rivers Piddle and Frome 

 nearly as far as Wareham. The neighbourhood of 

 Wareham apparently marks the most eastern breeding 

 station of this species in the South of England. 



Wryneck. Common in many parts East Dorset. (W.J.A.) 

 Three seen April 6th, and heard April 14th, Winfrith. 

 (F.H.H.) Not common Netherbury; heard there March 

 22nd. (L.R.) 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Often seen, Netherbury (L.R.), 

 and Melbury Osmund district. (F.L.B.) 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Rare, Netherbury. (L.A.) Fairly 

 common, Melbury. (F.L.B.) Heard March llth, Winfrith. 

 (F.H.H.) 



Montagu's Harrier. Noticed on Heath towards Corfe Castle, 

 on April 19th (W.J.A.), and at Abbotsbury by the Decoy- 

 man and others on May 2nd. A pair about Mordcn Heath 

 during the summer. (S.E.V.F.) 



