THE BIRDS OF LINCOLNSHIRE. 63 
in Yarreli’s ‘ British Birds,’ ed. 4, is from a specimen obtained 
in Lincolnshire in July, 1824. 
[PecroraL SanpPiPEeR (T'ringa maculata).—Messrs. Fieldsend 
and Nash, lately birdstuffers in Lincoln, informed the writer 
that they received two examples of this species to preserve, shot 
in August about the year 1895 near Wyberton, Boston. | 
15. Burr-BREASTED SANDPIPER (T'ringites rufescens).—One 
shot at North Cotes, September 20th, 1906 (G. H. C. H.). 
[Bartram’s SanppreeR (Bartramia longicauda). —A freshly 
killed specimen, purchased in Leadenhall Market, and said to 
come from Lincolnshire, was identified by Mr. J. E. Harting on 
October 27th, 1880; see ‘ Zoologist,’ 1880, p. 508. | 
(WHITE-WINGED Brack Tern (Hydrochelidon leucoptera).— 
H. Nash, lately a birdstuffer in Lincoln, informed the writer 
that he saw this species when fishing off Gibraltar Point, 
Lincolnshire, a few years ago. He also saw the species there 
some twenty-five years ago. It seems unlikely that so striking 
a species could be mistaken for any other, and there is no 
reason why it should not occasionally visit the Lincolnshire 
coast, as eight were seen on Breydon Water, Norfolk, on April 
22nd, 1901; see ‘ Zoologist,’ 1902, p. 88.] 
16. Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia).—One was shot at Cay- 
thorpe, near the Notts border, May 17th, 1851; Yarrell’s ‘ British 
Birds,’ ed. 4, vol. iii. p. 587. 
[Great Sxvua (Megalestris catarrhactes). — Mr. Caton Haigh 
thought he saw one at sea off Donna Nook, September 21st, 1901; 
‘ Zoologist,’ 1902, p. 132.] 
17. Great SHEARWATER (Puffinus gravis). — Probably often 
occurs at sea off the coast, but there seem very few records. One 
was shot near the mouth of the River Welland, November, 1902 ; 
see ‘Zoologist,’ 1903, p. 30. 
(Sooty SHEARWATER (P. griseus).—Cordeaux thought that 
this species was more frequent off Flamborough Head, Yorks, 
than P. gravis. On September 15th, 1911, during a gale from 
the north, Mr. Caton Haigh saw four or five large black Shear- 
waters close to land off the north-east Lincolnshire coast, which 
he thought were examples of P. griseus. ] 
