38 THE entomologist's record. 



Food. — Either a bluebottle fly or a small beetle. 



Time.— 5.1. Sex.— <?. 



Food. — Small fly. 



Time.— 5.2. Sex.— ?. 



Food.— Small round object, almost certain this was a woodlouse. 



Time.— 5.3. Sex.— 2 . 



Food. — Cheiinatobia brnmata larva. 



Time.— 5.5. Sex.— J. 



Food. — Small black beetle. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — Morning. 



Date.— December 21st, 1913. Sex.—? 



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



Food. — I saw a bird going carefully over the trees and taking off 

 the dead leaves which still adhered by the petioles, and holding them 

 by one foot examining them with great care, and then dropping them. 

 Was it looking for pupte or hibernating larva ? 



[Note. — Total, 35 records. Food brought 33 times. Food identi- 

 fied 24 times. Insect food every time. Lepidopterous imagines 5 

 times. It should be observed that the moths were broughi; by the 

 2 alone.] 



10. Parus ater race britannicus, Sharpe and Dresser. The 

 British Coal Titmouse. 



Observer. — E.H.Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— June 29th, 1913. Sex.—? 



Place. — Bere Wood, Dorset. Duration. — Casual. 



J^'ooD. — I'ortri.v riridana, captured in a tree, difficult to say whether 

 at rest or not, but the balance of evidence is strongly in favour of 

 former. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis. Time. — Afternoon. 



Date.— May 24th, 1915. Sex.— ^ and 2 . 



Place. — Canford, Dorset. Duration. — 2 hours. 



Pood. — E.H.C. found himself unable to distinguish sexes satis- 

 factorily. 17 visits to nest. Food on 16 occasions, green Lepidop- 

 terous larvse, once unidentified. 



Observer.— E. H. Curtis. Time. — Afternoon. 



Date.— May 21st, 1916. Sex.— J and 2. 



Place. — Canford, Dorset. Duration. — 2i hours. 



fooD. — 34 visits to nest. Food identified on 5 occasions, 4 times 

 green larvte, once a Coleopteron. 



[Note.— -Total, 52 records. Food brought every time. Lepidop- 

 terous imago once. This bird seems very inconclusive from the above 

 records, but we were prevented from giving either nest further 



attention. 



{To he continued.) 



