30 Brogden : Birds of Spalding and S. Lines. Fenland. 



Limosa lapponica (L.). Bar-tailed Godwit. An annual 

 autumn and spring visitor. For culinary purposes I con- 

 sider there is no bird superior. 



Limosa belgica (Gmelin). Black-tailed Godwit. The only 

 example of this bird I have obtained I shot in Holbeach 

 Marsh in 1892. It is in my collection. 



Numenius arquata (L.). Curlew. Very plentiful in autumn 

 and winter. 



Numenius phasopus (L.). Whimbrel. Nearly as numerous 



as the Curlew in autumn, and appearing again in fair 



numbers in spring. 

 Hydrochelidon nigra (L.). Black Tern. A fairly regular 



autumn visitor, and in various states of plumage. 

 Sterna fluviatilis Naumann. Common Tern. More abundant 



some years than others. Is of frequent occurrence in the 



Holbeach Outmarsh. 

 Sterna macrura Naumann. Arctic Tern. The same remarks 



apply., but it is of more frequent occurrence. 

 Sterna minuta L. Lesser Tern. An annual autumn visitor 



to the Wash. 



Xema sabinii (J.Sabine). Sabine's Gull. My specimen was 

 killed in September 1894, one of two in Holbeach Outmarsh. 



Larus minutus Pallas. Little Gull. I have frequently seen 

 it in company with the Terns, from which it can be dis- 

 tinguished by the square tail. 



Larus ridibundus L. Brown-headed Gull. Probably the 

 commonest Gull in the district. 



Larus canus L. Common Gull. Always plentiful. 



Larus argentatus Gmelin. Herring Gull. Common through- 

 out the district. 



Larus fuscus L. Lesser Black-backed Gull. Fairly common. 



Full plumaged birds uncommon. 

 Larus marinus L. Great Black-backed Gull. As of the 



former. 



Larus glaucus Fabricius. Glaucous Gull. An immature 

 example, now in the Peterborough Museum, was shot at 

 Sutton Bridge. 



Rissa tridactyla (L.). Kittiwake, Plentiful during autumn. 

 Stercorarius pomatorhinus (Temminck). Pomatorhine Skua. 



Of annual autumn occurrence. . 



Naturalist, 



