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CORDEAUX: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 9 
the 21st, a rush of Redstarts, and a sprinkle of Robins and 
Bluethroats. October roth. Spurn. One young male shot. 
15th. One male seen. Mr. Haigh shot one on the roth, 
thinking it might be 2. zitys. 
Erithacus rubecula. Robin. September zrst. First immigration 
as recorded above. Again on October 14th, 15th, and 16th. 
Easterly gales and heavy rain. An immense arrival in the Spurn 
district. Thousands came in and the hedges and gardens about 
Kilnsea and Easington were full of Robins. I counted up to 
fifty in one part of the warren-house garden in company with 
Goldcrests and Willow Wrens; many also had dropped in the 
long sea grass on the sand-hills, and some caution was necessary 
to avoid stepping on them, so reluctant were they to move. 
The movement extended also to the Lincolnshire and Norfolk 
coasts. Heligoland, Mr. Gatke says:—‘We had rubecuda and 
Regulus on the 11th, rzth, and 13th, the former in great 
numbers.’ 14th. ‘Only in the morning great rush over the 
island, but not staying.’ The arrivals on the Holderness 
coast had all of them very pale-coloured breasts. 
Accentor modularis. Hedge Sparrow. September 21st. Many 
n the Lincolnshire coast, first flight. October 14th to 16th. 
Great numbers at Spurn, Kilnsea, and Easington, with others. 
Ruticilla suecica. Red-spotted Bluethroat. September 
21st. Mr. Haigh writes :—‘On a hedge at North Cotes I saw 
an immature Bluethroat ; it came out and sat on a twig within 
three feet of my face. Sihieticindly I got a snap shot at it, 
but falling, probably only winged, in very thick cover, was not 
recovered, although I spent most of the afternoon with two men 
looking for it.’ In the Spurn district one at least was seen ; in 
Norfolk also‘ a few Bluethroats’ (Zool., 1892,p. 401). Heligoland; 
September 21st. ‘A sprinkle of rubecuda and suecica.’ 
Anthus obscurus. Rock Pipit. September 22nd. First 
noticed on migration on Lincolnshire coast. October 3rd, more. 
On November 3rd, I saw many between Tetney and Grainthorpe 
Haven, chiefly confined to the banks of the outfall drains which 
cross the ‘ fitties.’ 
Plectrophenax nivalis. Snow Bunting. October grd. First 
flock seen at Easington. October 13th to 16th. A few adult 
birds. October 22nd. A large flock came in at North Cotes. 
Again on October 28th, Mr. Haigh saw large flocks of Snow 
Bunting coming in from sea on Lincolnshire coast. November 
zoth. At this date Mr. Hewetson reports ‘there are tens of 
thousands of Snow Bunting about Kilnsea, I never saw any- 
Jan. 1893- 
