FIRST APPEARANCES OE BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 99 



Common Buzzard. Melbtiry Park, during February. (F.L.B.) 



Slonc Curlew. Three localities on Downs, N.E. Dorset. 



( j.H.S.) Heard about Bulbarrow during summer. (F.G.P.) 



Eggs near Beaminster (seen F.L.B. and R.H.) One 

 trapped autumn not far from Bridport. (A.B.H.) 



Curlew. Nested near Vervvood, unusual. (J.H.S.) Three pairs 

 nesting on heath South of Wareham. (J.E.S.) 



Gadwall. On Sherborne Lake there were two pairs on Feb. 

 4th, one pair on April 23rd and one pair on June 3rd. 

 (F.L.B.) The late date points to the possibility of breeding, 

 though the fact was not established. 



Pintail. Two pairs on Sherborne Lake, Feb. 4th (F.L.B.) 



Shove ler. Sitting on ten eggs, Abbotsbury Decoy, May 7th. 

 (F.L.B.) 



Goldcn-cyc. One immature, Melbury Park, Nov. 4th. (F.L.B.) 

 about 30 Poole Harbour (one adult male), Dec. 26th. 

 (F.G.P.) 



Long-tailed Duck. One immature, Abbotsbury Swannery, 

 April 6th. (F.L.B.) 



Roseate Tern. Seen on the Chesil by F.L.B. on May 14th, 

 May 24th (3) and June 9th. A pair were probably breeding, 

 but no absolute proof. 



Sandwich Tern. Two, Chesil, April 6th ; a party of eight, 

 Lodmoor, May llth; one, Chesil, May 15th; five or six, 

 Chesil, June 9th ; no proof of breeding. (F.L.B.) 



Lesser Tern. Two, Lodmoor, May 4th ; 12, Chesil, May 6th, 

 and found breeding later in the summer, but apparently in 

 somewhat reduced numbers. (F.L.B.) 



Little Gull, Swanage, Sept. 23rd. (F.G.P.) 



