422 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Kobinson, of Autborpe, near Alford, reported several small parties 

 of Sand Grouse about tbat paiisb ; tbey fed undisturbed, and 

 seemed likely to stay. 



July 20th. — Two received by Mr. Evans, of Bourne, sbot in 

 tbe parish of Holbeach. 



July 28th. — A pair, also from the same parish, sent to 

 Mr. Evans for preservation. 



August. — About the middle of the month, five were seen on 

 the wold by Mr. J. Sowerby, of Cuxwold Hall. 



August 30th. — Two, as Mr. Haigh informs me, were shot 

 from a flock of about forty, at Mablethorpe, on the coast, and 

 purchased by Mr. Kew, of Louth. 



September 13th. — Twenty seen together near the coast at 

 North Cotes, by the son of Mr. Stubbs, the wildfowl shooter, and 

 mistaken at the time for Dotterel. Mr. Haigh says the lad 

 seems to have been particularly struck with the dark markings 

 on the under parts, and recognised the call as the same as that 

 of the birds he had seen in May. 



October 3rd. — Mr. Haigh informs me tbat a small flock of 

 five were seen by Stubbs, who was engaged in plover-netting ; 

 they flew across the "fitties" near Tetney Lock, coming from 

 the direction of the Spurn, and, crossing the sea-bank, went 

 inland. 



October 10th. — One, a female, which I saw in the flesh, was 

 shot at Summercotes. The feet and tarsi were much coated with 

 clay, and the tail-feathers and primaries soiled and draggled ; so 

 that I question if the bird would have been equal to re-crossing 

 the North Sea, although otherwise it was plump and in fair 

 condition. The gizzard contained a grain or two of wheat and 

 some vegetable-fibre, and an unusual quantity of small quartz- 

 stones, exactly similar to those which I had taken from the 

 stomachs of Sand Grouse on their arrival in May. Another 

 from the same locality was sent to Mr. Kew, of Louth, about the 

 same date. On the 10th also, Mr. Haigh saw six in a barle}'- 

 stubble at North Cotes ; they would not permit him to get 

 nearer than seventy yards, when they rose and crossed the 

 sea-bank. 



When dealing with such restless wanderers as the Sand 

 Grouse, which are here one clay and may be gone the next, — 

 able to pass in a single flight across the length and breadth of 



