9802 Birds. 



occasionally pay me a visit, as my pond does not freeze so easily, but 

 they never stay here long. 



Wild Swan. — One specimen was shot by my father on this pond on 

 the 30th of December, 1829; there was another with it, which 

 escaped. 



Mute Swan. — There are some kept both at the Sandhill and Cothe- 

 leston Ponds, where they breed. They occasionally pay me a visit, but 

 I always have to drive them away, as they bully all the other wild-fowl 

 ou the pond ; I should otherwise encourage them, as it is a very pretty 

 sight to see several of them flying over together. 



Wild Duck. — Tolerably common through the winter in the ponds 

 and pits, and occasionally in the brook ; last winter both teal and wild 

 ducks were very scarce, as all the ponds and pits froze. 



Teal. — Nearly as common as the last, in the same localities. 



Pochard. — An occasional winter visitor. 



Tufted Duck. — Rather more common than the last, but still only an 

 occasional winter visitor. 



Goldenei/e. — One or two specimens, young birds, have occurred on 

 the Sandhill Ponds. 



Smew. — One specimen, a female, was shot by my father on the 

 Sandhill Ponds on the 20th of January, 1840; it is now in my collec- 

 tion. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — One specimen was shot by Mr. Esdaile, on his 

 pond at Cotheleston, and is now in his possession. 



Herring Gull. — On the legal maxim, " Cujus est solum ejus est usque 

 ad caelum," I may number this and the following species as belonging 

 to this parish, for they are often seen flying over, especially in rough 

 weather. 



Comrtion Gull. — Occasionally seen flying over, like the last. This 



ends, at present, the list of birds to be found in this parish. 



Cecil Smith. 

 September, 1865. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from page 9774.) 



Septembkk, 1865. 



Blackheaded Gulls. — It is not unusual to see these gulls, like 

 swallows, busily hawking for moths and flies. In some days in the 

 early part of this month I frequently observed them thus employed, 



