﻿•2 
  ( 
  Jt) 
  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Linota 
  flavirostrw 
  (Twite). 
  — 
  Twites 
  appeared 
  abundantly 
  in 
  

   flocks 
  on 
  the 
  sea-bank 
  and 
  " 
  fitties 
  " 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th. 
  

  

  Sturnus 
  vulgaris 
  (Starling). 
  — 
  Were 
  very 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  autumn. 
  On 
  Oct. 
  13th 
  large 
  flocks 
  came 
  in 
  

   to 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  E. 
  

  

  Corvus 
  corone 
  (Crow). 
  — 
  A 
  flock 
  of 
  twenty 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  

   Sept. 
  24th. 
  

  

  C. 
  comix 
  (Grey 
  Crow). 
  — 
  Many 
  Grey 
  Crows 
  travelling 
  N.W. 
  

   along 
  the 
  Humber 
  coast 
  on 
  Oct. 
  20th, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  21st 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   latter 
  day 
  till 
  nearly 
  four 
  o'clock. 
  

  

  C.frugilegus 
  (Rook). 
  — 
  Rooks 
  came 
  in 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  

   on 
  Oct. 
  20th 
  and 
  the 
  three 
  following 
  days, 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  flight 
  

   being 
  E. 
  to 
  W. 
  The 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  passage 
  usually 
  took 
  place 
  

   early 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  it 
  continued 
  till 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   to 
  four 
  o'clock. 
  A 
  few 
  Rooks 
  again 
  came 
  in 
  on 
  Nov. 
  5th 
  and 
  

   18th. 
  

  

  Alauda 
  arvensis 
  (Sky-Lark). 
  — 
  Not 
  nearly 
  so 
  heavy 
  a 
  migration 
  

   as 
  last 
  year. 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  good 
  man}- 
  coming 
  in 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th, 
  and 
  

   again 
  on 
  26th, 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  flight 
  being 
  N. 
  to 
  S. 
  

  

  Cypselus 
  apas 
  (Swift). 
  — 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  flock 
  of 
  Swifts 
  on 
  the 
  

   sea-coast 
  on 
  Aug. 
  11th. 
  Last 
  seen 
  on 
  Sept. 
  1st. 
  

  

  Caprhmdgus 
  europeeus 
  (Nightjar). 
  — 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  a 
  turnip- 
  

   field 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  Sept. 
  21st, 
  and 
  another, 
  also 
  in 
  turnips, 
  

   at 
  Grainsby 
  on 
  Oct. 
  4th. 
  

  

  Dendrocopus 
  major 
  (Pied 
  Woodpecker). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  on 
  a 
  dead 
  

   tree 
  at 
  Tetney 
  on 
  Nov. 
  18th, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  they 
  

   were 
  very 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  D. 
  minor 
  (Lesser 
  Spotted 
  Woodpecker). 
  — 
  I 
  shot 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  

   these 
  birds 
  on 
  Jan. 
  3rd, 
  1904, 
  at 
  Grainsby, 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

  

  Alcedo 
  ispida 
  (Kingfisher). 
  — 
  First 
  seen 
  on 
  Grainthorpe 
  Haven 
  

   on 
  Sept. 
  4th. 
  On 
  Sept. 
  7th 
  I 
  put 
  one 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  thick 
  hedge 
  near 
  

   the 
  sea 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  and 
  subsequent 
  days 
  

   they 
  were 
  quite 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  Cucidus 
  canorus 
  (Cuckoo). 
  — 
  The 
  last 
  Cuckoo 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Grainsby 
  on 
  Sept. 
  10th. 
  

  

  Strix 
  jlammea 
  (White 
  Owl). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Barn-Owl 
  in 
  a 
  plantation 
  

   near 
  the 
  sea 
  on 
  Sept. 
  23rd. 
  

  

  Asio 
  accipitrinu8 
  (Short-eared 
  Owl). 
  — 
  On 
  Oct. 
  13th 
  one 
  of 
  

  

  