•2782 The Zoologist — October, 1871. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 2C5G.) 



June, July and August, 1871. 



Swift. — I saw no swifts in North-east Lincolnshire before the 

 middle of the month ; since this time they have been as numerous 

 as usual. The excessive cold and wet of this most uncongenial 

 season retarded their arrival in this district to an unusually late 

 period. 



Lapwing. — June 22nd. These birds are eminently gregarious ; 

 hundreds of both old and young have already packed and daily 

 visit our pastures. 



Lesser Blackbacked Gull. — June 22ud. Of much more frequent 

 occurrence than formerly, and are now, I consider, commoner in 

 the Humber district than the herring gull. I have seen them about 

 our fore-shore all through the summer ; these are not mature birds, 

 but the young of the preceding year, the old birds having gone 

 northward to their breeding-stations. 



Carrion Crow. — Daily at low water visit, with their young 

 broods, the Humber fore-shore and mud-flats, where they feed on 

 various crustaceans and shell-fish left exposed by the ebb. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — July loth. A nest of young flycatchers, in 

 a clematis trained against the side of the house, got off early in the 

 month : ten days later the old birds had commenced a new nest 

 within a foot or two of the old one, where another brood was 

 reared. 



Redlhroated Diver. — July 20th. When out at sea this morning, 

 off the mouth of the river, I saw a fine redthroated diver, apparently 

 in perfect plumage. Redthroated divers may be found off this 

 coast in every month of the year. 



Scoter Duck. — There has been a large flock or two of the 

 common scoter off the Spurn all through the summer months. 



Curlew. — Contrary to their usual habits several curlew have 

 continued to frequent our marshes throughout the summer, and 

 thirty or forty may sometimes be seen together on the fore- 

 shore. 



Green Sandpiper. — July 12lh. There was a green sandpiper on 

 the " beck " this afternoon. 



