14 CORDEAUX: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
dissection were considerable. And the shooter got ten guineas for 
the bird. No doubt it will in the future delight the eyes of many 
ornithologists, as. it has been most admirably set up by that talented 
artist, Mr. I.oten, of Easington. 
Numenius phzopus (L.). Whimbrel. July roth. Passing 
south at midnight ; some have been present on the coast near 
the Spurn all through the summer months. 
Cuculus canorus L. Cuckoo. July roth to 20th. Hundreds 
of young brown birds have passed along the line of the Spurn 
sandhills towards the south. 
Tringa canutus L. Knot. July 20th. Already some return 
birds on the coast. 
Totanus ochropus (L.). Green Sandpiper. July 17th. 
Mr. Haigh saw several Green Sandpipers, also a few Common 
Sandpipers, Zringoides hypoleucus (L..), on the coast at this date. 
Podicipes nigricollis C. L. Brehm. Eared Grebe. August 
A female shot at Easington and set up by Mr. P. Loten. 
Asio accipitrinus (Pallas). Short-eared Owl. August 22nd. 
Some at Easington at this date. Oct. 11th to x 5th, numerous 
in the Spurn district, also on the coast of Lincolnshire. 
Spatula clypeata (L.). Shoveller. Mr. Haigh informs me 
that he has no doubt this duck nested near the coast this 
summer ; this is a new locality for it. 
Cdemia nigra (L.). Scoter. September 2nd. Thousands off 
the coast. 
Machetes pugnax (L.). Ruff. September 2nd. Mr. Haigh 
shot two Ruffs from a flock of three on the coast. 
Podicipes cristatus (L.). Great Crested Grebe. Sept. 3rd. 
Mr. Haigh saw three at sea, off Donna Nook. 
Hzmatopus ostralegus L. Oyster-catcher. September 3rd. 
One killed at the Spurn Light. A great rush of many species 
at this time. 
Muscicapa atricapilla L. Pied Flycatcher. September 3rd. 
Mr. Haigh saw a single bird on the coast at North Cotes. 
September sth, E., heavy rain—seyeral, September 7th and 
oth, the same. 
Acrocephalus Phragmitis (Bechstein), Sedge Warbler. 
Sept. (night of) grd-4th. Killed against Withernsea Lighthouse, 
with Whitethroats, Willow Wrens, and other small birds. 
Caprimulgus europzus L. Goat Sucker. Sept. (night of) 
3rd-4th. Killed against window at Spurn. 
Naturalist, 
