BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
JOHN CORDEAUX, J.P., F.R.G.S., M.B.O.U., 
Great Cotes House, R.S.O., Lincoln; Ex-President ing the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. 
(Continued from the * Naturalist’ for August, 1897, p. 240.) 
Acrocephalus turdoides (Meyer). Great Reed-Warbler. 
July 28th. When botanising to-day in company with the 
Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe - Peacock, we were greatly 
surprised to hear what could only be the noisy rattling 
song of this very rare wanderer to England, coming from 
the reed-beds in Madam’s Creek (the old bed of the Haven) 
at Tetney Lock. I was certain of the species, having heard 
the words, ‘ Kar-ra-kar-ra-kee-kee.’ This straggler to our 
shores had probably been some time in the country, as 
I found its noisy song had attracted the notice of passers 
that way, and particularly of an old shepherd, who had, 
he told me, unsuccessfully watched to get a sight of the 
performer. Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, to whom the land 
belongs, on two occasions tried to force the bird from the 
cover of the reeds by a rope trailed across, but the only 
result was the dislodgement of numbers of Reed and Sedge- 
Warblers. Subsequently, the bird was both seen and heard 
by Mr. Haigh’s man in a _ neighbouring hedge. He 
described it as large as a thrush, brown above and lighter. 
below. The notes could be heard at a very considerable 
distance, and by those walking on the sea embankment 
some hundreds of yards away. 
Spatula clypeata (Linn.), Shoveler. July 23 3rd. Some 
eae (Dh the ¢ inland creeks dase. to ne vans | et not on the Pag as : 
Shovelers on the wing over the fitties to-day with many _ : 
Mallard and Teal. These were no doubt birds bred in the 
district, except, perhaps, some of the Teal, which were far 
oo numerous to be all local birds. 
Gallinago ccelestis (Frenzel). Common Snipe. Several on | 
the fitties during the last week in July, and subsequently. 
We had more Snipe this year than for some years past, 
particularly the first week in December 
Totanus glareola (J. F. Gmelin). Wood-Sandpiper. 28th 
Jul 
I flushed a pair from an inland creek close to the 
‘coast at Tetney. Mr. Haigh says he has found this species — 
more frequently in this month than any other, invariably on _ 
1808. 
