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13. Stumus Eollandiae Brehm = S. vulgaris vulgaris. 



Sturnus Eollandiae Brehm — Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 1016 (1831— Holland). 



Type : cJ ad., Holland, 4. v. 1827. In the collection is only this <J and a 

 V, dated 8. v. 1827, from Holland. Both are marked on the labels Sturmis 

 Batavorum, a manuscript name pubUshed as nomen midum by A. E. Brehm 

 in 1S66, which C. L. Brehm preferred afterwards, instead of hollandiae. At 

 that time authors often changed names according to their fancy. As the 

 description agrees in every detail with the male, there can be no doubt that is 

 the type of S. hollandiae. 



14. Stumus tenuirostris* Brehm = S. vulgaris vulgaris L. 

 Slurnas tenuifjstrii Brehm, Isis. 1S41. p. 2C6 (collected near Klagenfiirth in KSrntlien, by Henn 

 von Hueber). 



Type: S ad., Klagenfurth, 20. iv. 1837. Shot with its paixd female. 

 Von Hueber leg. 



15. Chloris septentrionalis Brehm = Chloris chloris chloris (L.). 



Chloris septentrionalis Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 2GI (1831 — " Er bewohnt schon 

 Norddeutechland. z. B. die Gegend von Kiel, geht aber wahrscheinlich viel hoher nordlich 

 hinauf, lebt von November bis zum April in Mitteldeutschland "). 



Type : 3, spring, Kiel, 1824. (Probably coll. by Boie.) 



16. Chloris curvirostris Brehm = Chloris chloris chloris (L.). 



Chloris curviroslri.v Brelun. Vogdjang, p. 9j (1855 — " Schneden iind Deiittchland "). 



Type : ? ad., Stockholm, 30. iv. 1849. W. Meves leg. 



The collection contains only this one Swedish specimen, and a pair with 

 nestUng from Reiithendorf under the name of Chloris vulgaris curvirostris. The 

 bills of these birds are more curved than usual ; but this is, of course, only an 

 individual character. 



17. Spinus obscurus Brehm = Carduelis spinus (L.) aberr. 



Spinus obscurus Brehm, Ycgeljang, p. 108 (18.^5 — " Aeusserst .selten in Deutschland "). 



There is only a single 9, Thiiringer Wald, 6. iv. 1819. It is a very curious 

 specimen, without any green, the base of the tail white, and with white instead 

 of yellow wing-bar. Doubtless an aberration of the Siskin. 



*]S. Liuaria Holboellii Brehm = Carduelis linaria holboellii. 



Liwiria Holboellii Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl.. p. 280 (1831—" Er komml nur selten. 

 wie im November 1822 and 1825, in das mittlere Deutschland "). 



I am in doubt whether a type specimen can be fixed. There are now in 

 the collection some specimens shot in the Roda Valley in December 1825, one 

 (J ad. caught in the Roda Valley in November 1822, and died in captivity in 

 August 1823. This latter is probably the type, as the description might have 

 been made from the bird soon after it was caught. 



I have before called attention to the difficulty in defining this supposed 

 northern form of liimria, which may possibly be based on large individuals. 



* This name has been quoted as a nomen nudum in my Vog, d, pal. Fauna, and must be added 

 in full to the synonymja on p. 42. 



