The Zoologist— January, 1868. 1029 



I mtist now bring my paper to a conclusion, trusting my readers 

 will have found something to interest them in these rough " Flam- 

 borough Notes." I am informed that since my visit the pomarine 

 skua, little gull and little auk have been shot at Flamborough. 



John Cordeaux. 



November 28, 1867. 



Erratum. — There is a very obvious error in my "Flamborough Notes" (Zool. 

 S. S. 1008, line 11); for "A year has passed," read " Ages have passed." — J. C. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 

 By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 946.) 



September, October and November, 1867. 



Knot (Tringa islandica). — September 18. First 8ock of knots ob- 

 served on the flats. 



Jack Snipe. — September 26. First seen, an unusually early appear- 

 ance. I shot a jack snipe to-day in a turnip-field on the Wolds, in 

 a very dry and exposed situation, and some considerable distance from 

 the nearest water. 



Dunlin. — September 28. Many thousands of dunlins, evidently 

 fresh arrivals, have appeared on the flats during the last week. When 

 the flats are covered by the tide, they then usually resort to the nearest 

 ploughed lands. Nineteen dunlins killed this afternoon, for examina- 

 tion, were in transition plumage, aud exhibited more or less traces of 

 their black partial summer plumage. 



Rook. — October 1. Have on several occasions lately, in early 

 morning, observed flocks of rooks on the hawthorns in the marsh, 

 eagerly consuming the haws ; some of these bushes are stripped of 

 their fruit by these enterprising foragers. They are now evidently 

 driven to great straits to obtain a meal, their " happy hunting grounds" 

 having been long closed from the long-continued drought. Some of 

 the most determined have levied "black mail" on the corn already 

 cut and "stooked." This 1 consider a most unusual occurrence, their 

 depredations in this district invariably ceasing with the cutting of the 

 crops. 



Waterhen. — Are this autumn unusually plentiful on our streams, 

 " blow-wells " and drains, which fact, I trust, betokens a good wild 



