﻿MIGRATION 
  OF 
  BIRDS 
  IN 
  N.E. 
  LINCOLNSHIRE. 
  295 
  

  

  M. 
  melanope 
  (Grey 
  Wagtail). 
  — 
  First 
  appeared 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  

   on 
  Sept. 
  23rd. 
  

  

  M. 
  raii 
  (Yellow 
  Wagtail). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  young 
  birds 
  on 
  Aug. 
  14th. 
  

   Several, 
  both 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  on 
  Sept. 
  2nd, 
  and 
  three 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Fenby 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  late 
  date 
  of 
  Oct. 
  5th. 
  

  

  Anthus 
  trivialis 
  (Tree-Pipit). 
  — 
  First 
  appeared 
  on 
  Sept. 
  7th, 
  

   and 
  was 
  fairly 
  numerous 
  from 
  Sept. 
  19th 
  till 
  Oct. 
  2nd. 
  

  

  A. 
  pratensis 
  (Meadow-Pipit). 
  — 
  Very 
  abundant 
  from 
  Sept. 
  9th 
  

   to 
  22nd. 
  

  

  A. 
  obscurus 
  (Pock-Pipit). 
  — 
  Many 
  Rock-Pipits 
  arrived 
  all 
  along 
  

   the 
  coast 
  on 
  Sept. 
  19th. 
  

  

  Laiiius 
  collurio 
  (Red-backed 
  Shrike). 
  — 
  Two 
  Red-backed 
  

   Shrikes, 
  which 
  I 
  saw 
  at 
  the 
  shop 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Kew, 
  of 
  Louth 
  ; 
  

   were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  near 
  Alford 
  in 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  Muscicapa 
  atricapilla 
  (Pied 
  Flycatcher). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  Pied 
  Fly- 
  

   catchers 
  were 
  usually 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  hedges 
  from 
  Aug. 
  

   24th 
  to 
  Sept. 
  18th. 
  On 
  19th 
  scores 
  of 
  these 
  little 
  birds 
  ap- 
  

   peared, 
  and 
  remained 
  abundant 
  till 
  the 
  23rd, 
  a 
  few 
  staying 
  till 
  

   the 
  26th. 
  

  

  M. 
  grisola 
  (Spotted 
  Flycatcher). 
  — 
  Always 
  a 
  scarce 
  migrant. 
  

   A 
  few 
  appeared 
  on 
  Sept. 
  19th, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  23rd. 
  

  

  Hirundo 
  rustica 
  (Swallow). 
  — 
  I 
  noticed 
  many 
  Swallows 
  coming 
  

   in 
  to 
  roost 
  on 
  a 
  gorse 
  Fox-covert 
  at 
  Grainsby 
  in 
  September. 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  previously 
  seen 
  Swallows 
  roost 
  in 
  gorse. 
  Swallows 
  

   decreased 
  much 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  Oct. 
  9th, 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  none 
  after 
  

   the 
  13th. 
  

  

  Ligurinus 
  chloris 
  (Greenfinch). 
  — 
  Appeared 
  abundantly 
  in 
  the 
  

   coast 
  hedges 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th. 
  

  

  Carduelis 
  elegans 
  (Goldfinch). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  no 
  Goldfinches 
  in 
  the 
  

   autumn, 
  but 
  on 
  Feb. 
  8th, 
  1904, 
  I 
  observed 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  at 
  Grainsby. 
  On 
  March 
  3rd 
  they 
  were 
  abundant 
  on 
  some 
  

   thistle-grown 
  fields 
  at 
  Ludborough. 
  

  

  Passer 
  montanus 
  (Tree- 
  Sparrow). 
  — 
  Some 
  small 
  flocks 
  along 
  

   the 
  sea-bank, 
  with 
  House-Sparrows, 
  on 
  Dec. 
  24th. 
  

  

  Fringilla 
  Calebs 
  (Chaffinch). 
  — 
  Many 
  Chaffinches 
  — 
  all 
  cocks 
  — 
  

   in 
  the 
  coast 
  hedges 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th. 
  

  

  F. 
  montifringilla 
  (Brambling). 
  — 
  Very 
  scarce; 
  I 
  saw 
  none 
  on 
  

   the 
  coast, 
  but 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  at 
  Norman 
  by 
  on 
  Dec. 
  

   10th. 
  

  

  