﻿MIGRATION 
  OF 
  BIRDS 
  IN 
  N.E. 
  LINCOLNSHIRE. 
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  Gallinago 
  coelestis 
  (Snipe). 
  — 
  Snipe 
  were 
  singularly 
  scarce 
  

   all 
  through 
  the 
  autumn, 
  but 
  a 
  considerable 
  flight 
  appeared 
  on 
  

   the 
  coast 
  on 
  Dec. 
  3rd, 
  with 
  the 
  sudden 
  thaw 
  of 
  a 
  heavy 
  fall 
  

   of 
  snow. 
  

  

  G. 
  gallinula 
  (Jack- 
  Snipe). 
  — 
  Jack- 
  Snipe 
  were 
  also 
  scarce. 
  I 
  

   shot 
  the 
  first 
  at 
  Tetney 
  on 
  Sept. 
  26th. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  minuta 
  (Little 
  Stint). 
  — 
  A 
  single 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   appeared 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  4th, 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  12th, 
  

   while 
  several 
  were 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  and 
  23rd. 
  

  

  T. 
  subarqitata 
  (Curlew-Sandpiper). 
  — 
  Scarce 
  ; 
  I 
  saw 
  three 
  at 
  

   North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Sept. 
  19th, 
  and 
  four 
  on 
  21st, 
  with 
  some 
  Little 
  

   Stints. 
  

  

  T. 
  striata 
  (Purple 
  Sandpiper). 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Kew, 
  of 
  Louth, 
  had 
  a 
  

   Purple 
  Sandpiper 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Marshchapel 
  on 
  Nov. 
  9th. 
  

  

  T. 
  canutus 
  (Knot). 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  flock 
  appeared 
  on 
  North 
  Cotes 
  

   sands 
  on 
  Sept. 
  9th, 
  but 
  the 
  principal 
  immigration 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  

   took 
  place 
  on 
  Nov. 
  18th, 
  when 
  very 
  large 
  flocks 
  arrived. 
  

  

  Calidris 
  arenaria 
  (Sanderling). 
  — 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  

   on 
  the 
  sands 
  at 
  Donna 
  Nook 
  on 
  Sept. 
  4th. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  hypoleucus 
  (Common 
  Sandpiper). 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  Common 
  

   Sandpiper 
  appeared 
  at 
  Tetney 
  on 
  Aug. 
  11th. 
  

  

  T. 
  glareola 
  (Wood-Sandpiper). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Wood- 
  Sandpiper 
  at 
  

   North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Aug. 
  21st, 
  and 
  shot 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  on 
  

   Sept. 
  9th. 
  

  

  T. 
  ochropus 
  (Green 
  Sandpiper). 
  — 
  First 
  seen 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  

   on 
  Aug. 
  11th, 
  and 
  was 
  quite 
  numerous 
  on 
  14th. 
  Green 
  Sand- 
  

   pipers 
  became 
  much 
  scarcer 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  September, 
  but 
  

   I 
  saw 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  the 
  19th, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  bird 
  

   on 
  Thoresby 
  Fleet 
  during 
  a 
  heavy 
  snowstorm 
  on 
  Nov. 
  30th. 
  

  

  T. 
  calidris 
  (Redshank). 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  Redshanks 
  on 
  Tetney 
  

   Haven 
  on 
  Aug. 
  17th, 
  and 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  29th. 
  

  

  T. 
  fuscus 
  (Spotted 
  Redshank). 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  at 
  North 
  Cotes 
  on 
  Aug. 
  21st, 
  and 
  another 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  

   a 
  Plover-catcher 
  at 
  Tetney 
  on 
  Sept. 
  4th. 
  

  

  T. 
  canescens 
  (Greenshank). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  Greenshanks 
  appeared 
  on 
  

   Tetney 
  " 
  fifties 
  " 
  on 
  Aug. 
  17th, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  numerous 
  

   by 
  the 
  21st. 
  Few 
  remained 
  after 
  Sept. 
  9th. 
  

  

  Numenius 
  arquata 
  (Curlew). 
  — 
  Curlews 
  were 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  

   coast 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  Aug. 
  17th, 
  though 
  I 
  saw 
  none 
  on 
  the 
  11th. 
  

  

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