BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 19 



INSESSORES DENTIROSTRES. MERTTLID&. 



32. CINCLUS AQUATICUS, Bechstein. Common 

 Dipper. 



A single Lincolnshire specimen is recorded by 

 Mr. Alington, which he saw in the summer season, 

 some years since, sitting on a stone in the Hallington 

 " beck " near Louth. The gizzard of a Dipper which 

 I examined contained small stones and the larvae of 

 Coleoptera. 



It is not improbable that examples of the Dipper 

 occurring in this district will be found on examina- 

 tion to belong to the Scandinavian race or variety 

 (Cinclus melanogaster) , having a black band across 

 the abdomen instead of a chestnut as in the British 

 bird. This northern form has been obtained on 

 several occasions in Norfolk. 



33. TURDUS VISCIVORUS, Linnaeus. Missel-Thrush. 



Provincial. Stormcock, Grey Thrush. 



A resident throughout the year, and of much more 

 common occurrence than formerly. The ranks of 

 our local birds are largely recruited in the autumn 

 by additions from the north, arriving in flocks 

 towards the end of August or beginning of Sep- 

 tember. At this season they resort daily, in very 

 considerable numbers, to the low-lying meadows and 

 pastures bordering our streams. These immigrants 

 do not remain throughout the winter; on the first 



