f 24 Cordeaux: Bird-Notes from the Humber District. 
usual, to judge by the flights which from time to time pass ‘. 
between the coast and the high wolds, 
| Cygnus musicus Bechstein. Whooper. 6th October. E. 
Mr. Haigh shot an adult on the coast at North Cotes this 
evening. This is a very ay date for the Wild Swan to 
appear. 
Gallinago ceelestis (Frenzel). Common sara 1st October. 
First flight of foreign immigrants. 
Gallinago gallinula (L.). Jack re came in about the same 
date. 
Vanellus vulgaris Bechstein. Lipwies: tst Oct. Mr. Haigh 
reports Green Plover at North Cotes passing all day till 
after 5 p.m. to N.W. At Easington on the 15th I observed 
many coming in from the East. At Great Cotes on the 
18th almost continuous flights from the East. On 2nd 
December, W., very strong, | saw an immense concourse 
of Lapwing in a pasture near the Humber. The birds were 
sitting very close together and with their heads towards the 
wind. This field is thirty-two acres, and one-third of the 
area was densely covered. I do not think there could be 
less than 30,000 to 35,000, and these figures are less than 
the estimate I formed at the time. An old marsh shepherd 
said he had never in his life seen so many ‘ Pyewipe’ together. 
I believe the whole body of birds were immigrants, and 
probably had just come in, 
Anthus obscurus (Latham). Rock Pipit. 6th October. “Mr. 
Haigh writes: ‘ Dozens on the ‘‘ fitties” at Tetney to-day.’ 
Parus ater L. Coal Tit. 6th October. One which I saw in 
a standard rose in the garden is undoubtedly referable to 
the continental form, having a pure slate-grey upper back 
and no trace of brownish as in P. brifannicus in winter. — 
I watched it for some minutes at a few feet distance. 
Many Coal Tits appeared in the Easington gardens early 
in October, but only remained a few hours. e 
 Mabaios cristatus K.L.Koch. Gold-crested Wren. 6th 
ct. E., light, cloudy. Scores of these tiny immigrants 
in the sea hedges at North Cotes. In the Spurn district 
immense numbers during the first fortnight in the month, 
and especially so on the 15th, as I observed between 
Easington and Kilnsea. The wind S.S.E. and very strong. 
There has been no such arrival of Gold-crested Wren since oe 
the memorable i invasion on 14th and 15th Ontiet 1892. 
Naturalist, a@ 
