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and knocked about by the wind as to be scarcely able to struggle out 

 of our path. 



John Cordeadx. 

 Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, 

 October 30, 1865. 



Ornithological Notes from the East Coast of Yorkshire during the 

 Summer ofl^Qb. By W. W. Boulton, Esq. 



Ryff- — A specimen was shot by Mr. Kemp, of Skerne, near 

 Driffield, on the River Hull, on the 10th of April. It was at the time 

 in company with another of the same species, which escaped. The 

 bird was sent for preservation to Mr. R. Richardson, of Beverley, at 

 whose house I saw it in the flesh. 



Shoveller. — On the 14th of April a pair of these ducks, male and 

 female, were shot by Mr. Holt, jnn., farmer, of Brigham, near Beverley, 

 on the West-beck, a tributary of the River Hull. They appeared 

 unusually tame, when disturbed only flying about fifty yards before 

 again alighting. These ducks are at all seasons of the year rare 

 visitants in this locality, and generally occurring at wide intervals of 

 time in midwinter. 



Ring Ouzel. — This species occurs very sparingly in the neighbour- 

 hood of Beverley, a few stragglers being seen occasionally in the 

 company of fieldfares, both on their arrival and departure. On the 

 25th of April three of these birds were seen by Mr. F. Boyes, of 

 Beverley, near to the town: he succeeded in securing one of them, 

 which I saw in the flesh. 



Common Shieldrake. — On the 1st of May a mature female of this 

 species was trapped by Matthew Armstrong, of Beverley, on Sunk 

 Island, River Humber. This beautiful duck breeds each year at Spurn 

 and in the neighbourhood. 



Stock Dove. — A flock of these birds frequented the Carrs around 

 Beverley during the late winter and early spring of the present year. 

 Mr. W. Holmes, farmer, of Arrara, near Beverley, shot four of them 

 whilst concealed in a ditch of one of the fields generally frequented by 

 them : he tells me that they were very shy and wary. Other specimens 

 were subsequently shot and caine under my observation ; so that I 

 could have no doubt as to the species, which is uncommon in this 

 neighbourhood. 



