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NOTE on YORKSHIRE PLANTS. 



Propagation of Myriophyllum by 4 Winter Buds.'— Last August 

 I placed some flowering- plants of Myriophyllum verticillatum in a small 

 aquarium. During the whole of the winter a detached terminal of one stem 

 has floated on the surface of the water. Two weeks ago I sank the piece 

 by means of a small stone tied to it. Now (6th April 1902) it is growing and 

 unfolding its whorls of leaves. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 6th April 1902. 



NOTE on YORKSHIRE BIRDS. 



Bird Notes from Easington and Spurn, Spring 1902.— We are 



having very cold weather here — had a little snow to-day. An odd Swallow 

 {Hirundo rustica) here on the 17th April, and only the odd one; still I do hope 

 that they have not come to trouble in crossing. Five Red-legged Partridges 

 (Caccabis rufa L. ) were picked up one day in March on the Humber shore. 

 They must have dropped short of the land and got drowned in crossing from 

 Lincolnshire. I heard the first Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) on the 17th April. 

 A Ring-Ouzel {Merula torguala), a Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus minor), and 

 Willow Wren {P. trochilus) were killed by flying against the Spurn Light- 

 house on 16th April, and other small birds. A fine male Pintail Duck 

 {Dafila acuta) was picked up here 29th April. It must have flown against 

 something, as it soon died. In skinning it fci my collection I found 

 it was very badly hurt. On the 7th inst. a male Dotterel {Eudromias 

 morinellus), very tame, was seen here in a grass field near the sea amongst 

 a small flock of Whimbrel {Xumenius phceopus). Flock of Godwit (Limosa 

 sp.) about same day. — Philip W. Loten, Easington, 13th May 1902. 



NOTES on LINCOLNSHIRE BIRDS. 



Heron Nesting at Laughton, Lincolnshire.— Mr. James Allinson, 

 keeper to Mrs. Meynell-Ingram, of Laughton, recently discovered a newly- 

 vacated Heron's nest on a Scotch Fir, near Peacock Hole, Bunker's Hill, 

 Laughton. The Heronsew {Ardea cinerea), more rarely Heronshaw (from 

 shaw, a wood), is commonly found in the peat-dykes of this neighbourhood, 

 but cases of nesting are rare. — E. Adrian W t oodrlffe Peacock, Cadney, 

 Brigg, 20th May 1902. 



Pied Flycatcher at Lea, near Gainsborough. — Watched a Pied 

 Flycatcher {Ficedida atricapilla L. ) for some time, in some trees in the field 

 in front of Lea Hall. It was very tame, and gave me a splendid view of it, 

 reminding me much of a small Martin. It looked very cold, but was in 

 lovely plumage, with a rosy tinge on its white breast. This is the first dated 

 and personal record which I have of the occurrence of this bird in Lea ; but 

 some years ag-o the late Sir Charles Anderson's butler shot one almost in 

 the same spot at the same time of year. I had never before seen the bird 

 myself alive. — Margaret L. Anderson, Lea Hall, Gainsborough, 13th 

 May 1902. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker and Hawfinch at Gainsborough. — 



Amongst the birds coming to feed on bones placed outside my dining-room 

 window this last winter, the Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dendrocopus major) 

 is worthy of record. It was first seen on the 9th March and it has continued 

 to come at intervals up to the present time. It feeds only on a hollow 

 marrow bone filled with 'dripping,' and its powers of consumption arc 

 considerable, I have seen it drive little birds away, but they don't seem to 

 have any fear of it, and I have seen a small Tit feeding at one end of the 

 bone and the Woodpecker at the other. 



The Hawfinch {Coccothraustes coccothraustes) came on several occasions 

 to crumbs thrown out on the grass, but it was never seen to cat them. 

 F. M. Burton, Highfield, Gainsborough, 14th April 1902. 



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