﻿•2'J8 
  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  of 
  Shovelers 
  on 
  a 
  rush- 
  grown 
  creek 
  at 
  Tetney, 
  which 
  had 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  been 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Nettion 
  crecca 
  (Teal).— 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  at 
  Tetney 
  on 
  Aug. 
  14th, 
  

   but 
  Teal 
  were 
  extraordinarily 
  scarce 
  during 
  the 
  autumn. 
  

  

  Mareca 
  penelope 
  (Wigeon). 
  — 
  First 
  flock 
  of 
  Wigeon 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Tetney 
  on 
  Sept. 
  23rd. 
  

  

  Fuligula 
  ferina 
  (Pochard). 
  — 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  pond 
  at 
  

   Elkington 
  Hall 
  on 
  Nov. 
  12th. 
  

  

  F. 
  cristata 
  (Tufted 
  Duck). 
  — 
  A 
  young 
  Tufted 
  Duck 
  was 
  shot 
  

   at 
  Elkington, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  the 
  Pochard 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  on 
  

   Nov. 
  12th. 
  

  

  Columba 
  palumbus 
  (Wood-Pigeon). 
  — 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Pigeons 
  

   came 
  into 
  the 
  country 
  between 
  Nov. 
  15th 
  and 
  23rd. 
  Another 
  

   immigration 
  probably 
  took 
  place 
  just 
  before 
  Christmas, 
  but 
  the 
  

   great 
  flocks 
  continued 
  to 
  increase 
  till 
  about 
  Feb. 
  8th, 
  after 
  which 
  

   their 
  numbers 
  rapidly 
  declined. 
  

  

  Turtur 
  communis 
  (Turtle-Dove). 
  — 
  Owing 
  probably 
  to 
  the 
  cold 
  

   and 
  wet 
  weather, 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  Turtle-Doves 
  left 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  August. 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  last 
  bird 
  on 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  

  

  Rallus 
  aquaticus 
  (Water-Kail). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  first 
  Water-Kail 
  at 
  

   Tetney 
  on 
  Nov. 
  18th. 
  

  

  Charadrius 
  pluvialis 
  (Golden 
  Plover). 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  flock 
  of 
  about 
  

   a 
  hundred 
  came 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  with 
  Peewits 
  on 
  Oct. 
  9th. 
  

   They 
  were, 
  however, 
  scarce 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Squatarola 
  helvetica 
  (Grey 
  Plover). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  small 
  flock 
  of 
  

   Grey 
  Plovers 
  at 
  Marshchapel 
  on 
  Sept. 
  18th, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  at 
  

   North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  21st. 
  

  

  Vanellus 
  vulgaris 
  (Lapwing).— 
  I 
  first 
  saw 
  Peewits 
  travelling 
  

   on 
  Sept. 
  30th, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  coming 
  in 
  throughout 
  October. 
  

   During 
  November 
  they 
  were 
  much 
  more 
  abundant, 
  particularly 
  

   about 
  the 
  18th 
  and 
  20th, 
  but, 
  probably 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  extent 
  

   of 
  flooded 
  land, 
  the 
  decoymen 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  successful. 
  

  

  Strepsilas 
  interpres 
  (Turnstone). 
  — 
  A 
  single 
  bird 
  at 
  Marsh- 
  

   chapel 
  on 
  Sept. 
  18th. 
  

  

  Hcematopus 
  ostralegus 
  (Sea-Pie). 
  — 
  Some 
  large 
  flocks 
  appeared 
  

   at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Aug. 
  24th. 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  rusticula 
  (Woodcock). 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  Woodcock 
  that 
  I 
  

   heard 
  of 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Beelsby 
  on 
  Oct. 
  13th. 
  I 
  saw 
  two 
  at 
  Antby 
  

   on 
  17th. 
  On 
  the 
  whole 
  it 
  proved 
  a 
  good 
  Woodcock 
  season. 
  

  

  