210 CORDEAUX: BIRD-NOTES FROM NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE. 
arming with them. Those chiefly observed were Wheatears, 
Whinchats, Whitethroats, Willow Wrens, and Yellow Wagtails ; 
also Swallows and Martins. 
Numenius phzopus. Whimbrel. May sth, first seen—much 
below the average number during the month. 
Eudromias morinellus. Dotterel. May roth. A trip of about 
two hundred of these handsome spring visitors on the ‘ fitties’ in 
Stallinbrough parish, on the evening of the roth, wind north, and 
heavy rain for twenty-four hours: on the following morning 
they had collected in a marsh pasture adjoining the Humber 
embankment, a place where Dotterel appear every year in May. 
My informant, a shepherd, who is very well acquainted with 
these birds, and has often in other years given me information 
as to their whereabouts, says they were very tame, and that he 
rode his horse amongst them. He had never seen so many 
before at once, and that there were fully two hundred, if not 
more. He had seen from twenty-five to thirty, but more 
frequently small ‘ trips’ from ten to twenty. 
Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. The young were hatched 
off early in May in a locality in North Lincolnshire, where 
many breed each year. About thirty couples nested in 1890 
in a comparatively circumscribed area, where they are most 
strictly preserved and looked after. These, both old and young, 
' are supposed to have left the district early in October. 
Cypselus apus. Swift. May 15th, first seen; also the Lesser 
Whitethroat (Sy/via curruca). 
Sylvia salicaria. Garden Warbler. May 2oth, first heard 
singing. 
Squatarola helvetica. Grey Plover. May 23rd. Some in 
complete summer plumage on the coast; have been fairly 
numerous throughout the mont 
Limosa lapponica. Rar-tailed Godwit. May 23rd, last 
seen—nine very fine birds in red plumage on the coast. These 
were eagerly boring in the ooze and extracting sandworms. 
Totanus calidris. Redshank. May 23rd. Several pairs seen 
in a wild natural spot which they appear to have quite recently 
adopted as nesting quarters. I watched them for some time 
wheeling and drifting to and fro with drooping wings, all the 
time uttering a call quite distinct from their ordinary alarm 
not Frequently they flew up quite close, their complaining, 
monotonous plaint never ceasing for a moment 
Naturalist, 
