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BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT 
IN THE ninstl othe’ OF 1802. 
JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U., 
Eaton Hall, Retford. 
IN publishing this notice in ‘The Naturalist’ on the migration of 
birds in the past autumn in the Humber district, I have again to 
express my best thanks to those friends and correspondents on each 
side of the Humber who have sent me their notes and observations. 
In Yorkshire, I am more particularly indebted to Mr. H. B. Hewetson, 
of Leeds, and Mr. Philip Loten, of Easington. In Lincolnshire, to 
Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, of Grainsby Hall; in the latter case the 
notes sent have a special value as being nearly continuous and the 
observations of a very keen and competent naturalist, who has at his 
command every facility for the pursuit of a favourite study. 
It will be observed that the chief interest of the past season has 
been in connection with the two ‘great rushes’ of migrants, first on 
September 2oth and 21st, and again on October 13th to 16th, under 
exactly the same meteorological conditions ; also in the most unusual 
number of rare or occasional wanderers which have turned up in the 
district. 
So far I have not been able to record either Shore-larks or 
Lapland Buntings, both of which species appeared on the Norfolk 
coast after the easterly gale of October 14th, and the latter in 
extraordinary numbers so as to considerably exceed the total of all 
the known occurrences hitherto recorded in Great Britain—in fact 
more than double the record. 
Pernis apivorus. Honey Buzzard. June 2ist. An immature 
male was shot at Enholmes Hall, Patrington. The stomach 
contained remains of thrushes’ eggs, grubs, and beetles. 
Hirundo rustica. Swallow. July 14th. Wind N., much rain, 
very cold. Many young which had left the nests at Easington, 
died of cold and exposure, and some of the old left the 
neighbourhood. On October 14th, at the same place, I counted 
fourteen young on a spout which was carried across the gable of 
a house. Last seen in North Lincolnshire on October 3oth. 
Numenius phzopus. Whimbrel. August ist. Fairly 
common on the coast at this date and to the end of September. 
Squatarola helvetica. Grey Plover. August ist. Three 
_ young of the year seen by Mr. Haigh at Tetney. Several, both 
adult and young, on the coast between Kilnsea and Spurn on 
Jan. 1893. 
