100 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



Slavonian Grebe. C.W.H. noticed small parties of six or seven 

 in Weymouth Bay between Feb. 16th and April 6th, and 

 F.L.B. noticed them there on March 22nd. 



Black-throated Diver. A pair, Weymouth Bay, May 3rd, in 

 full breeding plumage, (F.L.B.); seen in same place, 

 May 13th. (C.W.H.) 



Water Rail. Nest of eight eggs, Poole Harbour, April 28th. 

 (J.H.S.) 



NOTES ON MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



Colias Ednsa. One, Swanage, May 30th; 26, mostly on coast, 

 July 28th Sept. llth; one var. helice, Chapman's Pool, 

 Aug. llth. (G.D.D.) One, Melbury Osmund, one near 

 Sherborne, June 3rd ; one, Melbury Osmund, Aug. 3rd; 

 two, Swanage, Sept. 10th. (F.L.B.) Two, (Aug. 2nd and 

 Sept. 10th), Monte Video, (N.M.R.) From August 8th 

 onwards in some plenty. (F.H.H.) From August 12th 

 Sept. 12th, great numbers on coast near Bridport. (W.W.M.) 



Liminilis Sibylla. Two seen, Purbeck, July 13th, the only 

 specimens noticed this season. (G.D.D.) 



Polygonia C-albiun. A specimen was seen in March in the 

 Vicarage garden at Winterbourne Whitchurch by the Rev. 

 H. H. Tilney-Bassett, who also saw tw r o specimens in a 

 collection at Milton Abbas, caught in a lane near that place 

 in August. There are scarcely any recent records of the 

 appearance of this species in Dorset. 



Melitaea Aurlnca. Appearing May 21st, common by the 25th, 

 near Yetminster. (F.L.B.) Out by May 20th. (W.P.C.) 

 Two larvae, Broadwindsor, April 18th. (W.W.M.) 



Pararge egeria. On wing as late as Oct. 14th, Melbury 

 Osmund. (F.L.B.) 



