﻿MIGRATION 
  OF 
  BIRDS 
  IN 
  N.E. 
  LINCOLNSHIRE. 
  293 
  

  

  Saxicola 
  cenanthe 
  (Wheatear). 
  — 
  First 
  appeared 
  on 
  Aug. 
  17th, 
  

   and 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  during 
  the 
  great 
  bird 
  movement 
  from 
  

   Sept. 
  19th 
  to 
  23rd. 
  Was 
  last 
  seen 
  on 
  Oct. 
  2nd. 
  

  

  Pratincola 
  rubetra 
  (Whinchat). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  on 
  hedges 
  near 
  the 
  

   sea 
  on 
  Aug. 
  27th, 
  and 
  many 
  among 
  the 
  great 
  flight 
  of 
  small 
  

   birds 
  on 
  Sept. 
  22nd. 
  

  

  P. 
  rubicola 
  (Stonechat). 
  — 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  on 
  the 
  sea-bank 
  on 
  

   Aug. 
  14th, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  a 
  hedge 
  near 
  the 
  sea 
  on 
  Oct. 
  2nd. 
  

  

  Ruticilla 
  phamicurus 
  (Redstart). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  Redstarts 
  appeared 
  

   on 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  Sept. 
  9th, 
  10th, 
  and 
  16th; 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  

   there 
  arrived 
  the 
  greatest 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  that 
  has 
  taken 
  

   place 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  eleven 
  years, 
  namely, 
  since 
  September, 
  1892, 
  

   when 
  a 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  movement 
  occurred. 
  From 
  Sept. 
  19th 
  

   to 
  23rd 
  Redstarts 
  swarmed 
  in 
  every 
  available 
  covert 
  near 
  the 
  

   coast, 
  even 
  frequenting 
  turnip 
  and 
  clover 
  fields. 
  From 
  fhe 
  23rd 
  

   their 
  numbers 
  decreased 
  rapidly, 
  and 
  few 
  remained 
  until 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  month. 
  Last 
  seen 
  on 
  Oct. 
  2nd. 
  

  

  Cyanecula 
  suecica 
  (Arctic 
  Bluethroat). 
  — 
  On 
  Sept. 
  21st 
  I 
  shot 
  

   a 
  couple 
  of 
  Bluethroats 
  on 
  hedges 
  near 
  the 
  coast, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  

   one 
  other 
  was 
  seen. 
  Those 
  shot 
  were 
  an 
  adult 
  male 
  and 
  female. 
  

   On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  my 
  keeper, 
  who 
  was 
  with 
  me, 
  saw 
  a 
  bird 
  which 
  

   he 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  Redstart, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  bluish-grey 
  back 
  and 
  

   bright 
  blue 
  tail. 
  It 
  perched 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  on 
  the 
  hedge 
  which 
  

   he 
  was 
  beating 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  before 
  him, 
  and 
  then 
  flew 
  away 
  

   inland, 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  found 
  again, 
  although 
  much 
  time 
  was 
  

   spent 
  in 
  the 
  search. 
  I 
  only 
  saw 
  it 
  in 
  flight 
  at 
  sixty 
  or 
  seventy 
  

   yards 
  distance, 
  when 
  it 
  seemed 
  blue 
  on 
  both 
  wings 
  and 
  tail. 
  It 
  

   was 
  probably 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  Nemara 
  cyanura, 
  but, 
  not 
  having 
  

   obtained 
  it, 
  identity 
  must 
  remain 
  a 
  mystery. 
  

  

  Erithaeus 
  rubecula 
  (Robin). 
  — 
  Robins 
  were 
  extensively 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  flight 
  of 
  birds 
  on 
  Sept. 
  19th, 
  and 
  continued 
  

   in 
  great 
  abundance 
  until 
  Sept. 
  26th. 
  

  

  Sylvia 
  cinerea 
  (Whitethroat). 
  — 
  Unusually 
  scarce 
  all 
  the 
  

   autumn, 
  though 
  small 
  nnmbers 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  coast 
  from 
  Sept. 
  2nd 
  to 
  26th, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  bird 
  on 
  Oct. 
  9th. 
  

  

  S. 
  curruca 
  (Lesser 
  Whitethroat). 
  — 
  First 
  appeared 
  on 
  coast 
  

   on 
  Aug. 
  11th, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  intervals 
  up 
  to 
  Oct. 
  7th. 
  

  

  S. 
  atricapilla 
  (Blackcap). 
  — 
  I 
  shot 
  a 
  female 
  Blackcap 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  

   near 
  the 
  sea-bank 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  21st. 
  

  

  