172 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



lynx torquilla (The Wryneck). 



22nd April. Two heard at Broadstone. (W.P.C.) 

 Cuculus canorus (The Cuckoo). 



Arrivals. 



18th April. One only at Canford. 



20th April. One only at Broadstone. 



24th April. One only at Broadstone. 



9th May. Numerous at Canford. 



24th May. Two heard at Canford. The departure was 

 not noted. W.P.C. considered this bird scarce, but E.H.C. 

 says the numbers are normal. As W.P.C. cannot hear the 

 bird call, he is likely to form an incorrect conclusion. (W.P.C. 

 and E.H.C.) 

 Micropus apus (The Swift). 



Upward migration. 2nd May. 8 or 10, over Poole, first 

 thing in the morning. 3rd May. There was a decided 

 increase at Poole. 



Downward migration. 15th July. Very few round the 

 houses, but a large body hawking over the lake in the Park 

 at Poole, evidently beginning to flock. 

 Caprimulgus europaeus (The Nightjar). 



7th July. We saw a pair of these birds in Canford Bottom. 



llth July. We spent one hour and a half in searching for 

 the nest of this pair (A) and found it with two eggs of the 

 spotted type. 



A further pair with two eggs was also found a short 

 distance away (B). These eggs were of the heavily blotched 

 type. 



13th July. We were walking across to nest (A), and both 

 of us spotted a third bird (C) sitting. We tried to snapshot 

 her, but she got up, disclosing the fact that she was sitting 

 on a single egg of the marbled type. 



Nest A. 



18th July. E.H.C. took this bird in hand. 



He got set up to the nest by about 8 a.m. and noted as 

 follows : A few minutes later the hen arrived and sat down 

 about 10 feet on my left and stayed there with her eyes some- 



