82 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Time. — 2.55. Food. — Two larvae of OporaUa 



clilutata. 

 Time. — 3.10. Food. — Cule.r (several). 



Time. — 3.35. Food. — Diptera. 



Time.— 3.40. Food. — Diptera. 



[Note. — No Lepidopterous imagines. Nest destroyed, probably by 

 a stoat, on the 4th.] 



23. Hirundo rustica, L. The Barn Swallow. 



Obseevers. — W. P. and E. H. Time. — ^12 noon. 



Curtis. 



Date.— October 26th, 1913. Sex.—? 



Place. — Hamworthy, Poole. Duration. — Casual. 



Food. — "We saw ten or twelve birds picking insects off a Willow 

 Tree, but we were unable to discover what the insects were. This is 

 recorded here because the moduti operandi was entirely strange to us. 

 The birds hovered about amongst the upper branches searching, and 

 every now and again stooped to pick up the food whatever it was. 

 Occasionally they alighted to seize the insect, which appeared to be at 

 rest, but not often, seeming to prefer to rely on their wings rather than 

 to grasp the slender twigs with their feet. A powerful pair of binocu- 

 lars failed to solve the difficulty as to what insect, but the whole pro- 

 ceedings were novel to us. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — Just after sunset. 



Date.— July 30th, 1916. Sex.—? 



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



Food. — -Miana fnruncnla, which was flying over a clover field in great 

 abundance ; the birds kept steadily at the slaughter as long as they 

 could see ; or perhaps as long as I could see what they were doing. 



24. Delichon urbica, L. The House Martia. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — Midday. 



Date.— July 31st, 1916. Sex.—? 



Place. — Arish Mell, Dorset. Duration. — -Half-an-hour. 



Food. — The birds were apparently attracted by flies coming to 

 sheep's droppings, but they were walking about in the grass, and 

 occasionally rising and hovering as if they found the grass and their 

 little feet impeded their movements too much. I definitely saw one 

 Crambite [i'rainhus tristellus /) seized from a grass stem, but being 

 without glasses so near the coast I was unable to determine with any 

 facility what insects were being taken. 



(2'o be contiiuicil.) 



