The Zoologist — December, 1873. 8781 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from S. S. 3087.) 



August, September and October, 1873. 



Golden Plover. — Aug. 9th. Saw two golden plovers with a flock 

 of lapwings; one of these was in full summer plumage. 



Gray Plover. — Aug. 16th. First observed in their autumnal 

 migration, apparently old birds. 



Swift. — Aug. 16lh. When driving homeward across the "wolds" 

 this afternoon, floclis of swifts kept passing over, at a considerable 

 altitude, and flying south. A friend in this neighbourhood had 

 observed the same thing during the day. 



Wryneck and Pied Flycatcher. — Aug. 25th. Mr. Richardson, of 

 Beverley, informs me that he shot a wryneck at Spurn on the 25th ; 

 also several immature pied flycatchers. 



Gray Plover and Whimbrel. — Aug. 27th. Numerous on the 

 river-flats. 



Curlew Sandpiper. — Aug. 30th to Sept. 1st. Large migratory 

 flocks seen in the Great Cotes marshes. (See Zool. S. S. 3720.) 



Green Sandpiper. — Sept. 3rd. A pair seen on the Ulceby beck. 



Common Sandpiper. — Sept. 3rd, Rather numerous in our 

 marshes during the autumnal migration, although entirely absent 

 during the summer months. 



Knot. — Sept. 10th. Flocks of young knots on the foreshores. 



Starling. — Sept. 26th. This afternoon, which was very close 

 and warm, there were hundreds of starlings, also peewits, rooks, 

 and a flock of missel thrushes, hawking, like swallows, for insects. 

 I watched them for some time, and can only conjecture their prey 

 was the common cranefly, as on this day the air seemed very full 

 of these insects. 



Hooded Crow. — Oct. 9th. First seen. The main body came from 

 the 18th to the 21st. On the latter day I was on the sea coast, 

 near Tatney, and saw for several hours small parties of " hoodies," at 

 short intervals, come in from the sea : they flew very low, and against 

 a south-west wind with driving rain : they never swerved a yard to 

 avoid me, and I could have dropped many had they been worth the 

 cartridge. 



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