BIRD NOTES FROM N.E. LINCOLNSHIRE. 205 



migrations of the past autumn. This bird first appeared on Oct. 

 5th, and from that date until Nov. 10th was to be found daily in 

 the trees and hedges near the coast in considerable numbers. 



P. cceruleus, Linn. Blue Titmouse. — Like the last named, 

 occurred in great numbers, generally in small parties of from two 

 or three to half a dozen frequenting the hedges or the thorn- 

 bushes on the drain sides. It appeared earlier than the Great 

 Titmouse, two or three coming in on Sept. 14th. I saw no more 

 until Oct. 4th, when they were very numerous, and from that 

 date to Nov. 10th they were present in the coast district in great 

 abundance. 



P, palustris, Linn. Marsh-Titmouse. — I saw a Marsh Tit- 

 mouse in a hedge by the roadside at Holton-le-Clay on Nov. 

 14th, and shot one in Fenby Wood on Dec. 28th. 



Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. Wren. — A few Wrens came in 

 on Oct. 4th, and their numbers had increased somewhat on the 

 5th. On the 9th they were very abundant everywhere near the 

 coast ; again on 21st a good many appeared, and the passage 

 finished about the 27th. 



Motacilla lugubris, Temm. Pied Wagtail. — Many young birds 

 on grass-land near the coast on Sept. 2nd. Again many on 

 Sept. 9th and 11th ; on the latter date a few were old males. On 

 16th a few, all young birds ; and on 20th many, both old and 

 young. From this date no more appeared on the coast, but on 

 Oct 11th at Wyham, and on 14th at Wold Newton, both on the 

 top of the wolds, I observed numbers of Wagtails, both old and 

 young, feeding among the sheep, folded on turnips. 



M. melanope, Pall. Grey Wagtail. — A pair of Grey Wagtails 

 appeared on Waith Beck on Sept. 24th ; Oct. 4th, a single bird 

 at one of the fish-ponds at Grainsby, and on 18th several on one 

 of the marsh-drains near the coast. 



M. raii (Bonap.). Yellow Wagtail. — One young bird on 

 Aug. 9th. Several on Aug. 28th and Sept. 4th. Abundant on 

 the 9th, and from this date they became gradually scarcer until 

 the 22nd, after which I saw no more. All were young birds. 



Anthus trivialis (Linn.). Tree-Pipit. — One shot in a hedge 

 near the sea at North Cotes on Oct. 4th. 



A. pratensis (Linn.). Meadow-Pipit. — I noticed many of 

 these Pipits along the sea-bank on Aug. 28th, and again on 



