24 Cordeaux: Bird-notes from the Humber District. 
ee i came to the window near their old nesting place (‘The 
nh Naturalist,’ 1897, p. 237) and have frequently appeared 
about the premises since. 
tinuous flights at the Spurn going south. Mr. Haigh 
saw a pair on October roth. , 
Asio accipitrinus (Pallas). Short-eared Owl. September 8th. 
on coast on migration. 
Anthus trivialis (Linn.). Tree-Pipit. Sept. roth, Mr. Wm. 
Eagl en tells me were numerous at this date at 
Easingto 
Anser ek ieoue eke Baillon. Pink-footed Goose. Sept. 
18th. On this day a flock of about seventy passed over 
Brackenborough Hall, near Louth, from the sea towards 
the wolds. This is the earliest record I have for the county. 
Mr. F. Boyes (Beverley) has recorded a small gaggle of 
fourteen on the Yorkshire Wolds on the 9th of September, 
this also being the earliest record for that district. 
Stercorarius {?|. Skuas. September oth. Mr. Haigh, between 
ablethorpe and Tetney Haven, saw several, also a Razor- 
bill and some Curlew-Sandpipers. 
Motacilla lugubris Temminck. Pied Wagtail. Sept. roth. 
Mr. Haigh reports very large flocks on the coast. 
Turdus musicus Linn. Thrush. Sept. 27th. The immigration 
on to the east coast has commenced, and very considerable 
numbers have arrived. 
Tringa maculata Vieillot. Pectoral Sandpiper. September 
28th. An adult male shot on the Humber coast in 
Easington parish, Holderness, as already recorded in ‘ The 
feet ochreous-yellow. 
Gallinago oe (Linn.). Jack Snipe. September 2oth. 
First observe 
 Anthus Rover (Lathes, Rock Pipit. September 2gth. 
; Mr. Haigh saw a flock of about a dozen on the coast at 
Tetney. . 
_Turdus merula Linn. Blackbird. September 20th. A few 
coming in; also Lapwing, the latter travelling to N.W. 
Hirundo rustica Linn. Swallow. Sept. 3rd and 4th. Con- 
Naturalist,’ 1897, p. 352. The irides were dark, legs and — 
two beating to and fro over a Seer nS, on the mos ie 
