8 CORDEAUX : HU.MBER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Dusky Redshank {Totanus fuscus). One seen by Stubbs (the 

 Plover -natter) on the fitties at Tetney, on October 2nd. 

 Another, an adult in full winter plumage, was subsequently 

 obtained. Our salt -fitties are a very favourite haunt of this 

 somewhat rare bird, in the autumn. 



Ruff {Machetes piignax). One taken in the flight-nets at Tetney 

 early in October, and subsequently two more between the 

 5th and 22nd. 



Lapwing {Vanellus vulgaris). October 9th, wind W. (6 to 7), 

 flights passing over Great Cotes at short intervals, from 9 a.m. 

 to I p.m., from S.S.E. to N.N.W. On November 6th, Mr. Haigh 

 observed a large immigration of Lapwings over Grainsby Park ; 

 also Wood Pigeons and Fieldfares, the last in flocks of fifty to 

 one hundred, at intervals all clay, to \V. The Plover, also in 

 the same direction, but chiefly in the morning. 



Siskin {Chrysomitris spinus). October 12th, I observed one 

 adult male in a hedge near the highest part of our Wolds ; 

 several were seen at Spurn about the same date. 



Ortolan {Emberiza horiulana). October nth, Mr. Hewetson, 

 of Leeds, shot a young female Ortolan in a field near Easington, 

 at this date. 



Raven (Corvus corax). At the Leman and Ower Light-vessel, on 

 October 12th, noon, W. (4) B.C.M., twelve Ravens and twenty 

 Titlarks are recorded from eastward, going north-west. As 

 Crows, Black Crows, Grey Crows, Rooks, and Jackdaws are 

 entered at various dates in the same schedule, this occurrence 

 may probably be taken as correct. 



Snow Bunting {Pledrophanes nivalis). October 15th, flight 

 of many hundreds in the marshes, appeared to consist almost 

 exclusively of young birds ; smaller flights, with much white in 

 their plumage, came in with the gale from N.E., on October 19th 

 and 20th. 



Golden-crested Wren {Regulus cristatus). In the first fort- 

 night in October, many ; and in the third week, from the 

 17th to 22nd, hundreds and thousands between Flamborough 

 and North Cotes, on the Lincolnshire coast, and in all proba- 

 bility, extending to much further north and south, had observers 

 been available. Mr. Haigh saw numbers at Tetney on the 22nd 

 with Great and Blue Tits, and Redbreasts. 



Dipper {Cindus aqiiaticus var. //lelanogaster). Mr. Kew, of Louth, 

 has a very good example of the northern form, shot somewhere in 

 the marsh district, east of Louth, a few years ago, in the autumn. 



Naturalist, 



