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Nov. 15th. They were the only Owls that I saw on the coast 

 during the autumn. 



Accipiter nisus (Linn.). Sparrow-Hawk. — First seen on 

 the coast on Sept. 27th, and fairly numerous on Oct. 1st 

 and 4th. 



Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. Peregrine. — First seen on 

 Oct. I4th at Brigsley. A second perched on a dead tree in 

 Grainsby Park on 19th, and on 30th one flying over Fenby 

 Wood. 



F. oesalon, Tunstall. Merlin. — Only seen once — a young 

 female — at Saltfleet Haven on Sept. 22nd. 



F. tinnunculus, Linn. Kestrel. — Fairly numerous on the 

 coast during the autumn, particularly between Sept. 20th and 

 Oct. 4th. 



Ardea cinerea, Linn. Heron. — Herons were very numerous 

 on the flats at Tetney by the middle of July, mostly young birds. 

 On Oct. 13th I saw a party of seven or eight on Grainthorpe 

 " fitties." 



Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). Bittern. — Since I left Lincoln- 

 shire I heard that a Bittern had been shot at North Cotes on 

 Dec. 24th. 



Anser hrachyrhynchus, Baillon. Pink-footed Goose. — Wild 

 Geese were more abundant than in any recent winter. The first 

 flock, numbering thirty-three birds, passed over Tetney Lock on 

 Oct. 11th, and other flocks were frequently seen all through 

 October and November. On the 14th of the latter month one of 

 the largest migrations of Geese that I have ever witnessed took 

 place. On that morning, between 8 and 9 o'clock, seven large 

 flocks passed over Grainsby from W. to E. The number of 

 birds in each flock varied from about two hundred in the largest 

 to under thirty in the smallest, and all were well out of 

 gunshot. 



Tadorna cornuta (S. G. Gmelin). Sheld-Duck. — I saw a 

 Sheld-Duck on a freshwater creek near the coast at North Cotes 

 on July 16th. 



Anas hoscas, Linn. Mallard. — Mallards were unusually scarce 

 on the coast throughout the winter. 



Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveler. — Two old female 

 Shovelers on a pool of water at Tetney behaved as though they 



