BIRD-NOTES FROM THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 
JOHN CORDEAUX, J.P., F.R.G.S., M.B.O.U., 
Great Cotes House, R.S.O., Lincoln; Ex-President of the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 
Naturalists’ Unions. 
(Continued from ‘The Naturalist’ for August 1898, p. 239.) 
In compiling these notes, I have once more to express my 
indebtedness to my friend, Mr. G. H. Caton-Haigh, of Grainsby 
Hall, for having let me have copies of his notes on the move- 
ment of birds in his district. 
The season in some respects has been remarkable, chiefly 
from its meterological conditions in the absence of high winds 
and storms, the very regular temperature, with fine, dry, and 
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small numbers, day by day, but without in any way approaching 
to the great ‘rushes’ so commonly experienced at this season. 
Loxia curvirostra L. Crossbill. A considerable number in 
the Spurn district in August. Mr. Philip Loten had several 
brought to him, both crimson males and orange-green ~ 
females. 
Machetes pugnax (L.). Ruff and Reeve. Mr. Haigh saw 
Ruffs and four Reeves in the bed of an old creek. hese, 
which were very unsuspicious of our presence, were wading | 
amongst sedges in shallow water searching for food. In _ 
the same place were Mallard, Teal, Shoveler, Coot and _ 
Waterhens, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, about ten couples a 
of Snipe, Heron, and some scores of Reed and Sedge © 
Warblers. These creeks are strictly preserved and kept e 
very quiet, hence the abundance of bird life. 
Alcedo ispida L. Kingfisher. 1st September. Mr. Haigh © 
saw one at North Cotes sluice outfall. I have seen many 
during the autumn, and they have been unusually plentiful — 
in drains, streams, and ponds all over the low-lying districts 
of North Lincolnshire. < 
Podicipes cristatus (L.). Great Crested Grebe. 5th Sept. _ 
Mr. Haigh saw five in splendid plumage on the sea between 
Donna Nook and Saltfleet Haven. Also on the same day 
many thousands of Scoters. 
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