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ferina), very common on the Humber during the winter ; many 

 shot, including several old males. Scaup (F. marila), Great 

 Cotes, March 8th, 1.88G, flock, all males, off sluice ; 26th, flock 

 at same place, males and females, in pairs. February 8th, 1887, 

 same locality, flock of thirty-eight adult males arid females in 

 equal proportions. Cockle L.V., January 23d, fifty, both males 

 and females. Harlequin Duck (Cosmonetta hislrionica) , Earn 

 L.H., December 2d, three, two shot (went to well-known collec- 

 tors). Long-tailed Duck (llarelda glacialis), lied car, October 

 21st, three shot, young birds. Earn L.H., November 8th, 11 a.m., 

 eleven flying N. Coquet L.H., 17th, one shot. Eider Duck 

 (Somateria mollissima), Earn L.H., June 20th, Eider and five 

 young, first brood. Coquet, October 8th, many, both male and 

 female, off island. Velvet Scoter {(Edemia fused), Kedcar, 

 October 13th, three; 18th, seven, two shot young. Common 

 Scoter (QU. nigra), Whitby L.H., April 30th, midnight, one 

 killed. Leman and Ower L.V., May 9th, great numbers of 

 Black Ducks at midnight to E., some killed. Large number 

 of Scoters reported from various parts of the coast, on the 

 move to and from their feeding grounds. Goosander {Mergns 

 merganser), more than usually numerous in the Humber 

 during the winter ; in one case five were killed, at a shot, 

 from a flock of twelve near Tetney Haven. Eed-breasted 

 Merganser {M. serrator), Earn l.h., December 24th, one, a drake, 

 off island. 



Columba Palumbus, Ptingdove. — Outer Dowsing L.v., May 

 19th, one to W. Tetney, October 17th, flocks of migratory 

 Wood Pigeons. Grainsby, November 17th and 19th, morning, 

 large flocks to S.W. Spurn l.h., November 26th, from 7 to 10 

 p.m., [3] N.W., numbers of Wood Pigeons, several on gallery 

 of lantern. January 18th, 4 p.m., flock to S. February 1st, 

 10 a.m., two to S. Cromer l.h., December 9th and 18th, great 

 many. Languard L.H., February 5th, 3 to 4 p.m., large flock in- 

 land, towards Orwell Park. Longstone L.H., July 19th, Rock 

 Pigeon (C. livia). 



Turtur Communis, Turtle Dove. — Elamborough l.h., May 

 11th, one. Longstone l.h., 20th, 6.30 p.m., variable, N.E. 

 to S.E. to S. by W., two seen; 28th, 9 A.M., S., rain, one. 

 Cromer l.h., June 4th, 1.30 a.m., one killed. Piedcar, September 

 7th, small flock of seven, one killed. Leman and Ower L.v., 



