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Time.— 8.15. Sex.— ?. 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time.— 3.23. Sex.— <? . 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time.— 8.25. Sex.— c? . 



Food. — Two or three brownish-white larvi:^. 



Time.— 3.55. Sex.— J . 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis and W. Time. — ? 

 P. Curtis. 



Date.— April 9th, 1916. Sex.—? 



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



Food. — Bird disturbed a Geometer from the trunk of a sallow, fol- 

 lowed it into the air and captured it. (Probably Lobophnra lobidata or 

 possibly Hibernia leiicopliaearia or Maleiii/clri!^ tnultistri/iai-ia. This is 

 guess work based on what was about, we do not profess to have been 

 able to identify the insect.) 



Note. — Total, 14 records. Food identified four times. Insect food 

 every time. Lepidopterous imagines twice. 



18. Melizophilus undatus race dartfordiensis, Latham. The 

 Dartford Warbler. 



Observer. — E. H.Curtis. Time. — 12.40. 



Date.— July, 1916. Sex.— 5^ and $. 



Place. — Canford, Dorset. Duration. — No record. 



Food. — luqnthecia nanata, Cravibus s[/lrellus, Cra)iibus jjancnelliis. 

 Some taken at rest and some flying. Very unfortunately E.H.C. has 

 kept absolutely no details of this, and I was not present, but went up 

 with him after to identify the insects on the ground, when he picked 

 out the above three as having been those captured by the birds. 



14. Phylloscopus trochilus, L. The Willow Warbler. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis. Time. — 12.40. 



Date.— June 29th, 1913. Sex.—? 



Place. — Bere Wood, Dorset. Duration. — No record. 



Food.— Searching on an ash tree found a green larva and gave it to 

 a young one as big as itself, then caught a few minute flies, which it 

 swallowed. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis. Time. — ? 



Date.— August 3rd, 1918. Sex.—? 



Place. — Arish Mell, Dorset. Duration. — Casual. 



Food. — One dived into a tangle of undergrowth after rieris rcqiae, 

 but could not be followed to see what happened. 



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



Date.— May 16th, 1914. Sex.— <y and J . 



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



Food. — Observations at nest. No detailed record kept. The only 

 food identified was a larva of 'iortrix viridana. 



Observer. — E. H. Curtis Time. — As eiven. 



