104 CORDEAUX: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
Somateria mollissima. Common Eider. A magnificent adult 
male, in full plumage, now in Mr. Hewetson’s collection, was 
picked up dead on the beach near Spurn, on January 16th, by 
the postman. It had evidently been shot at sea and wounded 
in the head. 
Mergus merganser. Goosander. A remarkably fine old 
male, also in most perfect plumage, and excessively fat, was 
shot near Hornsea on January 14th; it was set up by Mr. Loten, 
of Easington. 
— linaria. Mealy Redpole. A few were seen by 
r. Hewetson on Kilnsea Warren, on February 5th. One had 
been brought to Mr. Loten in the preceding week. One in my 
possession was shot at Out-Newton on January 16th. On 
ebruary 25th, Mr. Hewetson and myself observed a most 
beautiful Redpole, as regards size and colour, on Kilnsea Warren. 
It was feeding on the margin of a rain-pool along with some 
very white Snow Bunting, but remained after these had flown. 
At first sight I thought it was a wounded Snow Bunting, but on 
approaching within fifteen feet saw it was a Redpole. The general 
colour was pure white, the darker portion being a few cinereous 
streaks on the back and head, the wings and tail somewhat 
darker, but all these dark markings very light and subdued, the 
underparts and rump pure white, but suffused with a delicate 
flush of rose—like an after-glow—a blood-red patch on forehead. 
I watched it for some time with the eye, and also through the 
glass, and have rarely seen anything prettier amongst birds, 
more particularly when the charming little fellow was clinging 
to the sides of a dead thistle. The chief peculiarities were its 
size and its exceeding whiteness, and the lovely pink suffusion 
on rump and breast. It probably represented a wanderer from 
a very high latitude, and may be referred to Acanthis hornemannt 
of Holbdll, the ZLinarta canescens of Gould. My readers wil 
find an excellent illustration of this in Plate 5, Hancock’s 
‘Birds of Northumberland.’ 
Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. February 4th, a very considerable 
immigration about Kilnsea and Easington, scattered all over the 
country and swarming in every grass field. Mr. M. Bailey, in 
this journal, has already noticed the great arrival at Flamborough. 
I saw numbers of fine old full-plumaged birds near Kilnsea on 
February 25th. 
Dendrocopus major. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Alto- 
gether I have heard of four occurrences during the winter in the 
Lincolnshire marsh district, two of which I have seen. 
Naturalist, 
