42 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



May 6th, 3 a.m., two " Doves " from S.E., and twenty to thirty 

 small birds with them. 1 



Coturnix Communis, Quail. — Shipwash l.v., October 22cl, 

 1 A.M., one killed (wing sent). 



Eallus Aquaticus, Water-Kail. — Spurn l.v., November 1st, 

 6 A.M., S.W., one caught on deck. Llyn Wells L.v., Novem- 

 ber 1st, 3 A.M., two killed striking the lantern. Coquet L.v., 

 November 4th, one killed. 



Crex Pratensis, Land-Kail. — Whitby L.v., May 7th, 2 a.m., 

 first heard. Farn L.H., 17th, 4 a.m., W., Land-Kail. Common 

 Coot {Fulica atra), Languard L.H., September 8th, 2.45 a.m., 

 one struck and killed. 



Charadriid^e. — Charadrius 'pluvialis, Golden Plover. — 

 Earn l.h., September 12th, thirteen to W. Tetney, October 

 18th, E. to N.E., first flights. Languard L.H., October 31st, large 

 flock to W. at 3 p.m. Squatarola helvetica, Grey Plover. — Yar- 

 mouth, May, first and second weeks, several in summer dress 

 September 22d, first autumn arrivals. Great Cotes, May 18th, 

 1886, about 200 along the foreshore, the majority in full sum- 

 mer dress. March 10th, 1887, some young of the previous year 

 seen on the muds to-day had not lost the golden-drop plumage 

 of the autumn. JEgicditis cantiana, Kentish Plover. — Yarmouth. 

 April 29th, two seen in a flock of Dunlin and Kinged Plover ; 

 June 10th, one seen. Languard L.H., November 27th, 7.50 a.m., 

 two pitched on beach ; left at noon. JEgicditis Kiaticula, Kinged 

 Plover. — Great Cotes, May 18th, 1886, great numbers on flats. 

 Languard L.H., November 16th, thousands of Dotterel and 

 Oxbircls together pitched on beach at high water. Swin 

 Middle L.v., November 13th, 2.50 p.m., W., thousands of " Stone 

 Kunners " first seen to E., then to W. (see p. 48) ; 18th, the 

 same, a very large flight in sight from 3.55 to 4.20 going S.E. 

 to S.W. ; also on December 28th and January 13th. Great 

 Cotes, August 19th, early night, sultry and dull, several Kinged 

 Plover passing over. Trent Lock, Notts, August 19th, same at 



1 Mr G. H. Caton Haigli writes that the Turtle Dove has been very common 

 during the summer in the neighbourhood of Grainsby, North-East Lincolnshire. 

 About the middle of June one of the keepers saw a flock of twenty or thirty at 

 Cadeby. The same man also saw eight in Grainsby Healing during the third 

 week in August. Another keeper had seen a pair or two about Beasby Wood, 

 and a pair in an orchard in the village of Grainsby all through the summer. 



