CORDEAUX: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 207 
Sula bassana L. Gannet. May sth. A pair in pied plumage 
passed the Head this morning, going north in the teeth of a 
strong wind. The Gannet does not attain the adult plumage 
before the sixth year. 
Sylvia cinerea Bechst. Whitethroat. May rst to roth. Has 
n uncommonly plentiful between these dates in the hedge- 
rows of Flamborough, and much the most frequently seen of 
any of the small summer visitors. Unusual numbers were also 
observed about Easington and the Spurn country. 
Muscicapa atricapilla 1. Pied Flycatcher. March gth. 
much rain. Early this morning I saw a pretty black and 
white little bird on the hedge near my lodgings at Flamborough, 
and, on getting the glasses, found it was a Pied Flycatcher and 
an adult male ; shortly after this I saw two, presumably females, 
as they had much less white in the wings, and later in the day 
another adult male on some spiked wires enclosing a garden, 
and watched him repeatedly fly down and take some small 
object from the grass. These were all I saw although I walked 
many miles of hedge-row. Mr. Bailey told me subsequently that 
on the same day further inland, fifty had been seen on one fence. 
Sylvia curruca L. Lesser Whitethroat. May roth. This 
afternoon I saw four of these together with two Willow Wrens 
in the last dead thorn hedge on the north side of Flamborough. 
They are well-marked little birds—blue-grey above and silvery 
white below and dark cheeks. Subsequently I saw others in the 
hedges. There is evidently a migratory movement going forward. 
Muscicapa grisola L. Spotted F gona May tsth. 
Falco peregrinus Tunst. Peregrine pe One, an adult 
male and I should say a very old bird, which I saw in the shop 
: Mr. Jeffreys at Grimsby, was shot near Marsh Chapel early 
n April. 
Wachee pugnax L. Ruff and Reeve. May roth. When 
dressing this morning I got a note sent in by one of the Marsh 
shepherds to say that he had seen six birds, not identified, in 
a pasture near the coast. On driving down I found six Reeves 
in the next field, and was able to watch them for some time, as 
they made no attempt to change their quarters. Most of the 
time they were busily feeding, following each other like Dunlin, 
running rather quickly with the tibio-tarsal joint much bent. 
Every now and then one or other stopped to pick some small 
object from the grass. These were all in summer plumage, 
very prettily marked on the neck, breast, and sides. 
July 1894. 
