CORDEAUX : NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 357 
Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). Grey Plover. Aug. 18th. I saw 
three together on Saltfleet fitties, two of these in perfect summer 
dress, and the other partly in transition to winter plumage. 
A few examples in summer dress were shot near Kilnsea in 
August. Altogether, however, the Grey Plover has not been 
nearly so numerous this season as in late years. 
Sterna cantiaca Gmel. Sandwich Tern. I saw a small band 
of these handsome Terns off Saltfleet Haven on Aug. 18th. 
In 1889, on Aug. 31st, in the same locality, I had seen and 
recorded very great numbers. 
Sterna macrura Naum. Arctic Tern. I found very consider- 
able bands on the coast in the third week in August, between 
Mablethorpe and Saltfleet Haven; also Common Tern, but in 
much less numbers. Mr. Haigh saw a few Arctic Tern at 
Tetney on October znd. 
Calidris arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling. Fairly common in 
August and September on both sides of the Humber. 
Upupa epops Linn. Hoopoe. One shot at Easington-in- 
Holderness, in August. 
Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.). Black Tern. A few young 
birds on the coast early in September. 
Hematopus ostralegus Linn. Oyster-catcher. Sept. 2nd. 
In flocks of hundreds on Lincolnshire coast. 
Larus minutus Pall. Little Gull. Sept. 3rd. One, immature, 
and an unusually dark-backed example, was shot by Mr. Haigh 
at Donna Nook. 
Phalaropus fulicarius Linn. Grey Phalarope. Sept. 9th. 
An immature female shot by Mr. R. Hewetson on one of the 
ponds on Easington Humber-side fitties: a few pearl-grey 
feathers showing through the dark plumage of summer on the 
back. Oct. 15th; one shot at North Cotes by F. Stubbs, on 
his inland pool where Lapwings are netted. This, from its 
small size I should say is a male. Another was shot on the 
19th on the Humber-side ponds at Easington-in-Holderness, 
and again another, a female, on the 21st. 
Totanus fuscus (Linn.). Dusky Redshank. Sept. 9th. One 
flushed by Mr. Haigh from an inland creek near the North 
Cotes bank. Mr. Haigh, who meets with this somewhat 
uncommon species every year, says that on the wing its general 
appearance is much the same as the Redshank, but it is a longer- 
looking and slenderer bird and lacks the white patch on the 
____ wing so conspicuous in its congener. It rises with a single 
Dec, 1891. 
