138 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



The names (arranged alphabetically) of those who have 

 sent returns are as follows, the- initials prefixed in brackets 

 to the names designate the responsibility for the record in the 

 notes hereafter. 



(E.H.C.) E. Harker Curtis. 1 A 

 (W.P.C.) W. Parkinson Curtis, } A y s g arth > Poole ' 

 (S.E.V.F.) Rev. S. E. V. Filleul, All Saints Rectory, 



Dorchester. 



(R.D.G.) R. D. Good, Dorchester. 

 (J.M.J.F.) Rev. Canon J. M. J. Fletcher, The Vicarage, 



Wimborne Minster. 

 (E.F.L.) Rev. E. F. Linton, Edmondsham Rectory, Dorset 



(post town, Salisbury). 

 (G.R.P.) G. R. Peck, Huston Manor, Puddletown, 



Dorchester. 

 (N.M.R.) Nelson M. Richardson, Monte Video, near 



Weymouth. 



(E.S.R.) E. S. Rodd, Chardstock House, Dorset. 

 (J.R.) The Rev. J. Ridley, Pulham Rectory, 



Dorchester. 

 (E.E.W.) Miss Ellen E. Woodhouse, Chilmore, Ansty, 



Dorchester. 



With regard to the " Earliest Records " Mr. Linton writes 

 to me (under date 21. 8. 1915) : " Some of the first dates of 

 flowers seem remarkably early I have singled out three that 

 are very curious, in case you may like to verify them. Of 

 course, some plants are very erratic. Bush Vetch always 

 has leaves before flower, so that this record of flowers earlier 

 than leaves looks funny." Unfortunately I have lost the 

 slip of paper on which Mr. Linton noted the three records, 

 but our botanical contributors would oblige by keeping a 

 very keen look out with regard to those plants which have 

 records that strike them as unusual. 



With regard to the birds, I have adopted the order and 

 nomenclature used in " A List of British Birds compiled by a 

 Committee of the British Ornithologists Union," 2nd edition, 

 1915, as being the latest and most authentic nomenclatoriallist. 



