808 Notes on Warkworth Slake. 



Fieldfare, /. {Tardus pilaris.) January 10th. 1895. 

 Starling {Sturnus vulgaris.) January 24th 1895. 

 Eook {Corvus frugilegus.) April 20th 1894. 

 Jackdaw {Corvus monedula.) May 1st 1894. 

 Sky-lark {Alauda arvensis.) December 20th 1894. Hundreds 

 of Larks fly in flocks on Warkworth Links. 



CHAEADRIID^. 



Lapwing {Vanellus cristatus.) May 6th 1894. 



Ringed Plover {j^gialitis hiaticulus.) August 5th 1895. 



LARID^. 

 Lesser Black-back {Larus fuscus.) August 10th 1894. 

 Great Black-back {Lnrus marinus.) January 14th 1896. 

 Herring Gull {Larus argentatus.) January 14th 1895. 

 Tern {Sterna fltiviatilis.) September 9th 1894. 

 Arctic Tern {Sterna macrura.) August 3rd 1894. 



SCOLOPACIDyE. 

 Dunlin {Tringa alpina.) August 20th 1894. 

 Sandpiper, /. {Totanus hypoleucus.) September 22nd 1894. 

 Purple Sandpiper {Tringa striata.) January 1st 1895. 

 Redshank {Totanus calidris.) September 25th 1894. 

 Greenshank, m. {Totanus canescens.) September 6th 1895. 



These five were shot on Warkworth Slake. 

 Jack Snipe {Gallinago gallinula.) .January 9th 1895. During 



the hard winter of 1895, the burns round Warkworth 



were filled with Snipe and Woodcock. 



A Hoopoe ( Upupa Epops) was shot near Morwick, some years 

 ago, by J. Dand, Esq. 



Notes on the old coarse of the Coquet, knoiun as Warkiuorth 

 Slake. By Edward Thew, junr. 



This Slake is about three-quarters of a mile long, by 200 

 yards wide. At high tide the water from the river Coquet 

 overflows it, so that it is never covered with snow or hard 

 frozen. In the winter a great variety of birds come here 

 to feed. The chief inhabitants are of the Scolopacidse family, 

 as Sandpipers, Curlews, Redshanks, and many others. Many 



