PHE NATURALIST 
For 1895. 
BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT 
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1894: 
JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U., 
Great Cotes House, R.S.O., Lincotn. 
In the autumn of 1894 the prevailing winds have been northerly 
and easterly, seldom approaching a gale. These winds are con- 
sidered the most favourable quarters for the arrival of immigrants 
on the east coast. This, however, has not been the case, the results 
having been most disappointing, and the season, taking it altogether, 
has proved a singularly barren one; the individual occurrences, too, 
of rare wanderers have been few and far between, and these, as 
a rule, devoid of ‘special interest. 
Undoubtedly the chief event of the season as regards Volishire 
was the occurrence of three Yellow-browed Warblers (Phyl/oscopus 
superciliosus) at Beverley, on October 8th and subsequently, as 
recorded by Mr. F. Boyes in ‘The Field’ newspaper, for Oct. 27th, 
1894. 
In preparing these notes I have again to thank Mr. G. H. Caton 
Haigh, of Grainsby Hall; Mr. H. B. Hewetson, of Leeds; Mr. P. 
Loten, of Easington; and Mr. Matthew Bailey, of Flamborough, 
for notes and general assistance. 
Lanius collurio L. Red-backed Shrike. It is worth putting 
on record that a pair nested this summer at Winsetts, a farm 
between Skeffling and Easington. Five young birds got off 
about the third week in July; most unfortunately the female 
was shot on the roth, and the male and two of the young on 
the 21st by the farmer. The latter had apparently only just 
left the nest. 
Anas boschas L. Wild Duck. Aug. 13th. Mr. Haigh found 
them very abundant in flocks of 20-30 on the Lincolnshire 
coast at this date. Teal (Quergueduda crecca) also nearly as 
numerous, and two or three Shovellers (Spatula clypeata) on 
the old outfall at Tetney. 
Jan. 1895. A 
