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Boe. 
BIRDS. 
Totanus fuscus (Z.). Spotted Redshank. 
Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 
Braithwell Grange, near Doncaster, about 1828 (Allis). 
Tees-mouth, one in the collection of W. Backhouse (Zool., 
1846, p. 1261). 
Kilnsea, near Spurn, immature male, shot Aug. 23rd, 1869 
(Boyes, Field, Oct. 30, 1869). 
Spurn, immature female shot Sept. 6th, 1876 (Cordeaux, MS.). 
. Totanus canescens (Gm.). Greenshank. 
Periodical visitant, in spring and autumn, most frequent at 
the latter season, when immature birds are chiefly observed. 
A few are also occasionally noticed during the winter. 
Much rarer inland than on the coast and its vicinity. 
Totanus solitarius (Wis.). Solitary Sandpiper. 
Macrorhamphus griseus (Gv.). Red-breasted 
Snipe. 
Limosa lapponica (Z.). Bar-tailed Godwit. 
Winter visitant, in limited numbers, on the coast. Common 
in autumn, returning from its breeding stations in Septem- 
ber and October, gradually decreasing in numbers as 
winter advances, only a few remaining throughout that 
season. Arrives punctually on the coast about the 12th 
of May, when birds are to be seen in full summer plumage. 
Also occurs rarely far inland. 
Limosa zgocephala (Z.). Black-tailed Godwit. 
Casual visitant of very rare occurrence, in autumn and 
winter, chiefly on the Humber muds. Formerly resident. 
‘The late Mr. H. Reid, of Doncaster, has frequently told 
me that the Black-tailed Godwit used, within his recollec- 
tion, to breed on Hatfield Moor, in which locality he once 
found the young birds himself’ (More, Ibis, 1865). 
Numenius borealis (/o7st.).. Esquimaux Curlew. 
Numenius phezopus (Z.). Whimbrel. 
Periodical visitant in spring and autumn, when it is common 
on most portions of the coast. Leaves for more northern 
breeding-haunts in May, returning in July and August. A 
