136 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



Humber both in the spring and autumn, but more 

 frequently in the latter season, and usually in the 

 company of Dunlins and not in distinct flocks. Mr. 

 Boultou had a specimen shot some years since on 

 the Yorkshire coast, near Bridlington Quay. 



186. TRINGA TEMMINCKII, Leisler. Temminck's Stint. 

 Mr. Boulton informs me that he once examined a 



specimen that had been shot on the Yorkshire coast, 

 near Bridlington Quay. 



187. TRINGA VARIABILIS, Meyer and Wolf. Dunlin. 

 Provincial. Stint, Sea-lark. 



The most abundant and well-known of our shore 

 birds. Is found on the sea-coast and Humber flats 

 in flocks (often containing many thousands) during a 

 great part of the year, being, as a rule, only absent 

 in the breeding-season (in June and July) ; and even 

 then a few may almost always be seen on the 

 ( ' muds " "*, the sole representatives of the waders. 



Although generally so abundant on the Humber, 

 there are occasionally long periods (often extending 

 for weeks) during the winter and spring when, with 



* I found them in large flocks at Spurn on the 2nd of July, 

 1868. Specimens killed were in full summer plumage. On the 

 17th of July, 1872, 1 saw from 200 to 300 on the Spurn shingles. 

 With the aid of a powerful binocular I examined the flock at 

 the short distance of eighteen paces, and, judging from their 

 plumage, believe them to have been birds of the previous 

 summer not yet breeding. 



