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BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
OHN CORDEAUX, ].P., E.R.GS., 
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Great Cotes House, R.S.O., Lincoln; Ex-Pre. pais hg 1 Yor didi and Lincolnshire 
Naturalists’ Unio 
(Continued from the ‘Naturalist’ f for January, 1898, p. 26.) 
Ampelis garrulus Linn. Waxwing. 16th March 1898. I have 
seen two at Mr. Kew’s shop, Louth, shot in the neighbour- 
hood in December 18 
| Regulus cristatus K. L. Kock Golden-crested Wren. 16th 
March. saw some to-day (doubtless on their return 
migration) in the garden here. They have also been seen 
at the same date in the Spurn district and along the coast. 
Gallinago coelestis (Frenzel). Common Snipe. Several 
remained in pairs here (Great Cotes) to the end of March, 
but I have no evidences of their breeding. Snipe do, 
however, nest regularly in a few favoured localities in 
North Lincolnshire. 
Falco peregrinus Tunstall. Peregrine Falcon. ith April. 
Mr. Loten, of Easington, has a pair of adults, male and 
indie shot on migration in March. It is a matter of deep 
regret that these noble birds should be slaughtered on their 
appearance in the district. 
Hirundo rustica Linn. Swallow. 16th April. First at Great 
Cotes ; 17th, many. 
Daulias lescinis (Linn.). Nightingale. 21st April. Heard; 
are unusually numerous in the district. 
Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.). Wheatear. 17th April. Several 
in the marsh on passage. 
Motacilla flava Linn. Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail. 17th 
April. This bird was seen near Easington at this date, 
following the plough, by a perfectly competent observer. | 
Phylloscopus_ sibilatrix (Bechstein). Wood Wren. 25th 
April.. I saw and heard this warbler at Woodhall Spa, 
near Horncastle, in two different places; and on the same 
day heard 
Locustella nzwvia (Bodd.). Grasshopper Warbler. 
Alauda arborea Linn. Wood-Lark. 25th April. I listened 
to a Wood-lark singing very sweetly to-day, repeatedly 
mounting in the air from the upper twigs of an apple tree 
in the garden of the Victoria Hotel at Woodhall Spa. 
This was close to a clump of Scotch firs which stood 
__ Within a few yards of its nee 
August 1868 1898, 
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