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BIRD-NOTES FROM NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, 
MARCH, APRIL, MAY, 1891. 
JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U., 
Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire. 
Plectrophanes nivalis. Snow Bunting. March rzth. Last 
seen, a considerabe Iflock, amongst them being many very 
white-plumaged birds. 
Querquedula crecca. Teal. I was shown a cock Teal, shot in 
February, and since set up, in which the black on the throat 
was much more pronounced and extended than is usual, as is 
the case also with some Wigeon 
Fuligula ferina. Pochard. March rgth. On Croxby Lake on 
the North Wolds to-day were ten common Pochard, and of these 
six were adult males, and four immature males and one female 
Scaup swimming amongst them. 
Motacilla alba. White Wagtail. April rst. Saw one early 
this morning on the lawn, also a pair of Pied Wagtails. 
Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover. April 11th. Large 
flocks in summer plumage up to this date in the marshes; one 
flock numbered between three and four hundred; none seen 
after this. 
Corvus cornix. Grey Crow. April 11th to 13th. Up to this 
time seen daily in very considerable numbers; they left the 
district to a bird between these dates. Wind northerly, light. 
oe cristatus. Golden-crested Wren. April 11th. 
Several seen near the coast on the spring migration. 
Hirundo rustica. Swallow. April r2th, first seen, many on 
April 17th, and again on May 4th. 
Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. April 28th. Wind south, many 
heard calling at early morning 
Tringa canutus. Knot. April 28th. Flock of one to two 
hundred, chiefly grey birds; some slightly suffused with red 
underneath, and one in full summer plumage with bright 
chestnut under-parts. Other flocks, in a more advanced stage 
of change to summer plumage, were seen by me during the 
month on the Humber muds, and some very handsome birds on 
the 3oth ; last seen on May sth. 
Saxicola cenanthe. Wheatear. May 4th. There was a very 
large arrival of small migrants on this date, the hedges and fields 
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July 1891. 
