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BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U., 
Great Cotes House, R.S.O., Lincoln. 
(Continued from page 43, 1894.) 
Saxicola cenanthe L. Wheatear. March 24th. The first 
was seen near the Spurn at this date by Mr. Hewetson, On 
May 6th, at Flamborough, I saw many large, fine-plumaged 
birds ; these were generally perched on rails and hedges. On the 
_7th there was a sprinkling of them in fields all along the coast 
on the north side of the Headland. On the 8th all appeared to 
have left. Again on the roth, wind W. and strong, there was 
a large arrival. In the sheep-walk, nearest to Lloyd’s Signal 
Tower, they had congregated in large numbers, but at the same 
time kept together in pairs. All these appeared to belong to 
the large race which in May passes through the country 
en route perhaps for Greenland by way of Shetland and Faroe. 
In North Lincolnshire the local name of the Wheatear is 
* Land-checker.’ 
Ruticilla titys (Scop.). Black Redstart. March 24th. Mr. H. B, 
ewetson saw three near the Spurn lighthouses, one being an 
adult male, the other two presumably males of the previous 
year in the slaty-grey plumage. On the jist a fourth was seen 
also in the same locality. 
Sterna minuta L. Little Tern. April 14th. First seen at the 
Spurn. 
Ampelis garrulus L. Waxwing. April 23rd. A pair of these 
beautiful visitors were seen on a hedge by the road-side near 
Patrington Mill, by Mrs. Hewetson, her son, the driver Baum 
of Easington, and another, all of whom know them and can 
speak to their identity. The carriage was stopped and a very 
near view obtained by the whole party. This is a remarkably 
late date for Waxwings to be seen in this country. 
Larus leucopterus Faber. Iceland Gull. May 8th. On this 
evening I was fortunate in seeing an Iceland Gull in company 
with a dozen immature Herring Gulls, circling and stooping to 
feed on floating fish offal at high water at the north landing-place 
at Flamborough. This bird was almost pure white, or cream, 
with a few very pale brown markings on the wing-coverts, legs 
and feet flesh-coloured, bill brownish. This is the last and 
most interesting plumage before becoming mature. When 
resting on the green summit of the opposite cliff along with 
___ the Herring Gulls, the difference between the two was very 
July 1894. 
