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found in the Humber district ; that has already 

 been done by the many eminent naturalists who 

 have written on our English birds : but it is 

 more particularly intended as a reference to the 

 spring and autumn movements of the various 

 migratories arriving and departing from our 

 coasts ; and as such I can only trust it may be 

 found interesting to my brother ornithologists. 



JOHN CORDEAUX. 



GREAT COTES, 

 Christmas, 1872. 



