g THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— June 22iid, 1914. Sbx.— 2 . 



Place. — Poole. Duration. — Casual. 



F ooB. ^Eupithecia (sp. ?), attack not completed ; bird alarmed by 

 E.H.C. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — 9.45 a.m. 



Date.— July 10th, 1914. Sex.— $ . 



Place. — Littledown Ed., Bourne- Duration. — Casual, 

 mouth. 



Food. — Came out of a fir tree with a grey Noctua held across the 

 thorax with wings spread each side of the bill. Prey looked like Acro- 

 nycta psi or A. tridens (the former is fond of sitting on fir trees here). 

 Before I could make sure a 3 P. domesticus tried to rob the captor, 

 who lied incontinently with ^ in pursuit under forced draught. I am 

 morally certain the insect was taken at rest. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — 1.45 p.m., circa. 



Date.— September 23rd, 1914. Sex.—? 



Place. — -Pleasure Gardens, Duration. — Casual. 



Bournemouth. 



Food. — Bird came out of a bush with Orthosia macilenta, rubbed the 

 insect on the ground to get the fluff off, caught sight of W.P.C. and 

 bolted back. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— March 21st, 1914. Sex.—? 



Place. — Canford, Dorset. Duration. — Casual. 



Food. — A Dipterous fly, hawked after the manner of Muscicapa 

 griseola. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— May 26th, 1914. Sex.—? 



Place. — Poole. Duration. — Casual. 

 Food. — Pieris brassicae. 



Observer. — J. T. Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— June 1st, 1914. Sex.—? 



Place. — Poole. Duration. — Casual. 



Food. — Melanippe fluctuata disturbed by garden hose ; two sparrows 

 hustled each other and the insect escaped. 



[Note. — Number of attacks on insects recorded 13. Out of the 13, 

 eight were on Lepidoptera, 6 of these were successful. Out of the 

 same 8 two were certainly and a third almost certainly (a 99% cer- 

 tainty) at rest.] 



5. Fringilla coelebs, L. The Chaffinch. 



Observer.— E. H. Curtis. Time. — 1.10 to 4 and 4.10 to 



4.35. 

 Date.— May 16th, 1915. Sex.— 22 a^, 4 ? 



Place.— Canford, Dorset. Duration. — 3 hours and 25 



minutes. 

 [Note. — 26 visits to the nest.] 



Observer.— E. H. Curtis. Time.— 11.10 to 12.50. 



Date.— May 23rd, 1915. Sex.— 9 ? , 3 <? . 



