The NATURALIST 



For 1889. 



NOTES FROM THE 



YORKSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE COASTS 



IN THE AUTUMN OF 1888. 



JOHN CORDEAUX, M. B. O.U., 

 Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire. 



Sep. 3rd. — Manx Shearwater (Puffimis anglorum). One was 

 killed striking the lantern of the lighthouse at the Spurn during the 

 night. A similar occurrence took place on August 5th, 1883, at 

 the same lighthouse. 



Sep. 23rd. — First Grey Crows (Corvus comix) seen at Kilnsea. 



Sep. 25th. — Ring-Ouzel {Turdus torquatus) seen. 



Sep. 26th. — A Wood Sandpiper (Totanus glareold) was shot near 

 Kilnsea. This, on dissection, proved a female, and is probably an 

 old bird. It has the upper parts profusely spotted with buffy-white. 

 The rump is nearly black, with the upper tail coverts pure white. 

 The lateral tail feathers are white, with a few dusky spots on the 

 outer webs of each. This is the fourth obtained in the district during 

 the autumn. 



Oct. 2nd. — The American Pectoral Sandpiper (Tringa maculata), 

 of which a notice has already appeared, was shot on the beach near 

 Kilnsea, by Mr. T. W. Pool, of Hull. At the time it was in company 

 with another, presumably of the same species. 



Oct. 1 8th. — Woodcock (Scolopax rustiaila), ' first flight ' ; four or 

 five shot. 



Oct. 20th. — A few Gold-crested Wrens (Regulus cristatus) near 

 Kilnsea ; have been most exceptionally scarce during the season. 

 Hundreds of Grey Crows (Corvus comix) coming in from the sea on 

 the 19th and 20th. 



Oct. 2 1 st. — Three Sand-Grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) seen on 

 the warren at Kilnsea. 



Nov. 2nd. — Woodcock {Scolopax rusticula), a few on 30th and 

 31st of October, and on Nov. 2nd and 3rd the ' great flight ' — wind 

 first strong from N.E., and then E., after which the birds ceased to 



Jan. 1889. A 



