Ring Dove, _Columba palumbus_, Linn.--One at Spurn L.H., against
lantern, on Sept. 15th, 10 p.m. Immense flocks came into N.E.
Lincolnshire in November. At Lynn Wells L.V., on Oct. 22nd, large
flocks, 10 a.m., S.E. to N.W.; and at Caistor Denes, Yarmouth, on Nov.
26th, very large flocks; they are reported, on 28th, from Beccles
(Norfolk) in such numbers as "to make the sky quite dark."
Turtle Dove, _Turtur communis_, Selby.--One at Great Cotes, Sept. 15th,
near rifle-butts on Humber Bank.
Water Rail, _Rallus aquaticus_, Linn.--On Oct. 3rd, Inner Farne L.H.;
and another at Spurn, caught alive in yard of lighthouse on morning of
Oct. 27th.
Landrail, _Crex pratensis_, Bechst.--At Great Cotes, near Grimsby,
Sept. 1st, N., half-a-gale; and at Heligoland, on 9th, Mr. Gätke
writes, "very reddest I have ever had." At Yarmouth, Oct. 5th.
Spotted Crake, _Porzana maruetta_ (Leach).--Heligoland, Sept., one
young bird.
Golden Plover, _Charadrius pluvialis_, Linn.--First week in Sept.,
small flights in N.E. Lincolnshire. On the 6th, Mr. Wm. Eagle Clarke,
writing from Spurn, says, "a long waved line extending at least three
or four miles passed over, extending far over the Humber towards
Lincolnshire coast, 5.15 p.m., wind changing from N. to S., direction
of flight N." At the Farne Islands, during the month, hundreds of
Golden Plovers and Lapwings coming off to the islands in morning, and
leaving for the land at night. At the same station, Nov. 5th, great
numbers to W.S.W.
Grey Plover, _Squatarola helvetica_ (Linn.).--Humber foreshore, June
1st, one old male in summer plumage, and five less advanced; another,
in the same flock, in winter plumage. At Spurn, on June 13th, 4 p.m.,
N.E., clear, Grey Plovers were seen passing S. to N. In the autumn, in
the first week in August, three old birds in breeding plumage on Humber
muds; also several old black-breasted birds seen at Spurn on 24th. The
young of the year arrived in large numbers last of August and first
week of September. Seven shot near Spurn, on Sept. 12th, were two males
and four females, and one lost; all were in fine summer plumage; were
very numerous on Humber flats during September and October; with the
above exceptions, birds of the year or old having completed the autumn
moult.
Kentish Plover, _Ægialitis cantiana_ (Lath.).--One, an immature
example, was shot on the shore at Friskney, near Boston, on Oct. 8th;
subsequently came into the hands of Mr. A. S. Hutchinson, of Derby.
Ringed Plover, _Ægialitis hiaticula_ (Linn.).--May 27th, a flock
numbering about twenty of the small race, _Ægialitis intermedius_
(Ménétriés), on Humber muds.
Dotterel, _Eudromias morinellus_ (Linn.).--May 14th to 21st, some
"trips" in N.E. Lincolnshire marshes, also at localities in Holderness;
twenty seen in one flock, thirty in another.
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