68 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



1865, and recorded by Mr. Boulton in the 'Zoologist' 

 for 1866, p. 28 ; he further remarks that it is decidedly 

 rare in East Yorkshire, and he has only met with four 

 or five specimens during the last five years. 



IFSESSOBES SCANSORES. CERTHIADJB. 



114. CERTHIA FAMILIARIS, Linnseus. Common 

 Creeper. 



Provincial. Tree-creeper. 



This small but chastely marked species is a resident 

 throughout the year, and by no means uncommon in 

 the older woodlands and parks. 



115. TROGLODYTES VULGARIS (Fleming). Common 



Wren. 



Provincial. Jenny Wren. 



Generally distributed throughout the year in every 

 part of the district, except in the marshes along 

 the coast, and common there only in the autumn I 

 am strongly inclined to think that this familiar bird 

 of our gardens, like the little Goldcrest, is migratory, 

 and the number of our local birds greatly increased 

 in the autumn by arrivals from the continent. Cer- 

 tain it is that, we invariably find each year, early 

 in October, for a few days only, considerable numbers 

 along the east coast, in situations where we rarely see 

 any at any other season on the " marram " -covered 

 sandhills at Spurn and the Lincolnshire coast, about 



