lOO NELSON : BIRD-NOTES FROM REDCAR AND TEES MOUTH. 



several .5*. poniatorhiuus in adult plumage. nth. — r3uck {Anas 

 boschas) and Wigeon [Mareca penelope) passed in large flocks during 

 a N. E. gale ; I shot two of the latter, both immature birds. 



October 6th. — An immature example of Sabine's Gull {Xe/iia 

 sabini) was shot in the Tees Bay, and came into the possession of 

 a Redcar sportsman, from whom I purchased it. 12th. — N. gale, 

 rain. A great flight of Ducks passed, also a few Hooded Crows 

 {Corvus comix) and Woodcock (Sco/o/>ax rtisticola). Two Spotted 

 Crakes {Forzana maruetla) were obtained on the marshes near 

 Middlesbrough. 13th.— N. wind, light. Larks {Alaiida arvensis) 

 and Hooded Crows {Corvus cortiix) crossed over in large flocks. 

 A Fulmar Petrel {Fiihnarus glacialis) was captured in a rather 

 extraordinary manner ; it alighted on the sea near the wreck of 

 a screw-steamer on which some fishermen were working ; one of them 

 put off in a small boat, armed with a piece of wood, which he threw 

 at the Fulmar, hitting it on the head and stunning it. 



I examined a Peregrine Falcon {Falco peregrinus), which had 

 been shot near Ingleby-in-Cleveland, and brought in to the Middles- 

 brough taxidermist to preserve. 



November 23rd. — A Rose-coloured Pastor {Pastor roseus), the 

 first I have known in this neighbourhood, was shot at West Coatham, 

 and taken to our local bird-stufifer. 



1890. — Early in January I was informed that some Shore Larks 

 {Otocorys alpestris) had been observed at the Tees mouth. On the 

 29th one was shot, and I went out several times to see if I could 

 fall in with them, but, although I saw a few each time, they were 

 very wild and I was not successful in getting a shot ; but on 

 February 14th I managed to secure six, and saw seven or eight more 

 feeding among the rough grass near the shore edge. 



During the latter part of January and beginning of February 

 the fishermen reported numbers of Little Auks {Mergulus alle) at 

 sea. On February ist, one was picked up on the sands, it having 

 been killed at sea and washed ashore. 



February 26th, 27th, and 28th. — Several Puffins {Fratercula 

 arctica), Guillemots {Lomvia troile), and Little Auks {Af. alle) were 

 driven ashore in a strong N.E. gale. Some of the Puffins and 

 Guillemots were alive when found. February 28th. — Another Shore 

 Lark {Otocorys alpestris) was shot at the Tees mouth. 



Two Great Spotted ^Voocl peckers {Deyuirocopiis major) were killed 

 near Redcar in the course of the autumn ; in all probability they 

 belonged to the migratory flight which has been observed from other 

 stations along the coast. 



March $th, 1S90. 



Naturalist, 



