﻿MIGRATION 
  OF 
  BIRDS 
  IN 
  N.E. 
  LINCOLNSHIRE. 
  '297 
  

  

  these 
  Owls 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  disabled 
  condition 
  under 
  the 
  telephone- 
  

   wires 
  near 
  the 
  North 
  Cotes 
  coastguard 
  station. 
  I 
  kept 
  this 
  bird 
  

   in 
  confinement, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  eat 
  any 
  bird 
  or 
  animal 
  

   offered 
  to 
  it 
  except 
  a 
  Babbit. 
  

  

  Buteo 
  lagopus 
  (Rough-legged 
  Buzzard). 
  — 
  On 
  Oct. 
  15th 
  I 
  

   watched 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  Buzzards 
  come 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  pass 
  

   inland 
  to 
  the 
  S.W. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  appeared 
  much 
  exhausted, 
  and 
  

   perched 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  several 
  times, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  

   mobbed 
  by 
  large 
  flocks 
  of 
  Starlings. 
  Two 
  were 
  seen 
  and 
  one 
  

   shot 
  on 
  the 
  Humber 
  bank 
  above 
  Grimsby 
  on 
  16th. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   bird 
  I 
  saw 
  at 
  Jeffreys' 
  shop 
  at 
  Grimsby. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Kew, 
  of 
  Louth, 
  

   also 
  had 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Worlaby 
  on 
  

   Nov. 
  19th. 
  

  

  Haliaetus 
  albicilla 
  (White-tailed 
  Eagle).— 
  Though 
  not 
  strictly 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  autumn 
  migration, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  here 
  that 
  

   an 
  immature 
  Eagle 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  frequented 
  the 
  park 
  at 
  Grainsby 
  

   for 
  two 
  days, 
  on 
  Feb. 
  27th 
  and 
  28th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Accipiter 
  nisus 
  (Sparrow-Hawk). 
  — 
  Several 
  Sparrow-Hawks 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  Sept. 
  11th, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  

   23rd. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  young 
  birds. 
  

  

  Pernis 
  apivorus 
  (Honey-Buzzard). 
  — 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Kew, 
  of 
  Loath, 
  

   showed 
  me 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  at 
  Tathwell 
  

   on 
  Oct. 
  10th. 
  

  

  Falco 
  cesalon 
  (Merlin).— 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Merlin 
  on 
  the 
  sea-bank 
  at 
  

   North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  19th, 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  Oct. 
  7th 
  near 
  the 
  

   same 
  place. 
  

  

  F. 
  tinnunculus 
  (Kestrel). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  numerous 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   autumn, 
  particularly 
  about 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  

  

  Anser 
  segetum 
  (Bean-Goose). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  seven 
  of 
  these 
  

   Geese 
  flying 
  low 
  over 
  Bradley 
  Wood 
  on 
  Oct. 
  10th. 
  One 
  was 
  

   shot 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Dec. 
  9th. 
  

  

  A. 
  brachyrhynchus 
  (Pink-footed 
  Goose). 
  — 
  First 
  seen 
  on 
  Sept. 
  

   12th, 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  about 
  forty 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  at 
  Tetney 
  ; 
  again, 
  a 
  

   flock 
  of 
  a 
  dozen 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  23rd. 
  During 
  the 
  first 
  

   half 
  of 
  October 
  the 
  flocks 
  of 
  Geese 
  were 
  quite 
  numerous. 
  

  

  Cygnus 
  bewicki 
  (Bewick's 
  Swan) 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  Swans 
  was 
  

   shot 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  by 
  a 
  wildfowler 
  called 
  Stubbs 
  on 
  Jan. 
  1st, 
  

   1904. 
  

  

  Spatula 
  clypeata 
  (Shoveler). 
  — 
  On 
  Aug. 
  14th 
  I 
  saw 
  two 
  broods 
  

   Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol, 
  VIII., 
  August, 
  1904. 
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