22 CORDEAUX: ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM HUMBER DISTRICT. 
North-east Lincolnshire in advance of the snow-storm com- 
mencing on night of 24th. These appear very soon to have 
left the district. 
Greenshank (7Zotanus canescens (Gmel.)). Sept. 2nd. Some on 
Grainthorpe and Tetney fitties; fairly common throughout 
September. At this time the adults have the upper breast and 
sides of the neck only very slightly streaked. 
Ruff (Machetes pugnax (Linn.)). Sept. znd. Several seen during 
first week in September. 25th, one which I got in the flesh 
shot at Tetney has the neck and breast buff, and the darker 
parts of the feathers of the back and long scapulars with 
a faint gloss of purple. On November 4th, Mr. Haigh saw 
three near the sea-bank at Summercotes. 
Curlew Sandpiper (Zringa subarguata (Gild.)). Sept. 6th. Not 
very common this year, a few at Spurn, also on the Lincoln- 
shire coast. Mr. Haigh shot three near Grainthorpe on the 17th. 
Bar-tailed Godwit (Zimosa lapponica (Linn.)). Sept. 6th. 
I examined a very interesting example in the flesh shot by 
Mr. Haigh near Tetney. It was an adult female and nearly in 
winter plumage ; the tail was a uniform ash colour free from bars. 
Our autumn Godwits are almost invariably young of the year 
with barred tails. 
Knot (Zringa canutus (Linn.)). Sept. 6th. One shot about the same 
time had the under side marked with large spots of a faded red. 
Golden-crested Wren (Regulus cristatus (Koch.)). Sept. 6th. 
Mr. R. M. Barrington, when in a boat off the Speeton cliffs picked 
up a gold-crest on the water, probably drowned in passage. A few 
early in October, but have been throughout the autumn remark- 
ably scarce. 
Corn Bunting (Zméeriza miliaria Linn.). Sept. 13th. Mr. Haigh - 
saw an immense flock in a turnip-field close to the coast at 
Tetney, and evidently fresh arrivals. Occasionally in the 
autumn I see considerable flocks on our stubbles near the sea, 
but nothing to compare with this big flock seen and described to 
me by Mr. Haigh and from which he shot one or two specimens. 
At Heligoland the common Bunting is an occasional visitor, 
small flocks of ten to twenty appearing, but is never common. 
Little Stint (Zringa minuta Leisl.). Sept. 17th. Two caught, by 
Stubbs the younger, in plover-net on Tetney fitties, and sent to 
Mr. Haigh. Several at Spurn during the month. 
Dusky Redshank (Zotanus fuscus (Linn.)). Sept. 18th. I saw 
one in the flesh which was shot by Mr. Haigh at Tetney at 
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