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Sandpipers' *) ; but I incline to the belief that all are T. glareola. Mr. New- 

 ton writes of these last: „They are like what I have received in other 

 years as Whitestart Sandpipers', and have hitherto believed to belong to 

 T. ochropus. No skin of the last ^has been sent, but several of T. glareola." 



Newton laat hierop volgen: 



„There has been no question for a long while that this and some of 

 the eggs sent with it, are Wood-Sandpipers'. They all came to us direct 

 from Arnold Bots, the old falconer, well known to Mr. Hoy, who himself 

 found the species breeding in the district, though he obtained only one 

 nest with eggs (cf. Hewitson, Brit. Ool. Ill, text to pi. cl. N". 37, published 

 1 June 1838); but Bots got them from the country-people, who were not 

 careful to distinguish the different nests, and so the eggs were mixed 

 with those of the Snipe, Redshank and Dunlin. As the great amount of 

 variation to which Wood-Sandpipers' eggs are subject was not appreciated 

 in 1851, the hesitation expressed by Mr. Yarrell and others as to these 

 specimens is not surprising." 



1 sp. Valkenswaarcl, 1848. Met de volgende aanteekening van 

 Newton : 



„Given to us by Mr. Newcome, who himself brought several eggs of 

 the „Whitestart Sandpiper" (which in those days we took to be Totanus 

 ochropus) from Holland, whither he had been for the hawking at The Loo." 



4 sp. Valkenswaard, 1851. Hierbij teekende Newton aan: 



„These are from the number, already mentioned ^), received by us 

 direct from Arnold Bots, of which we gave Mr. Wolley one. There can 

 be no doubt as to their being Wood-Sandpipers'; but one of them is that 

 which Mr. Yarrell thought was a Common Sandpiper's." 



1 sp. Heeze, 13 Mei 1856. 



1 „ Valkenswaard, 20 Mei 1856. 



1 „ Dommelen, 16 Jnni 1856. 



Pavoncella pugnax (L.). — Kemphaan. 



2 sp. Heeze, 16 Mei 1856. 

 2 „ Valkenswaard, 1856. 



Pelidna alpina schinzii (Brehm). — Kleine Bonté Strandlooper. 

 2 sp. Valkenswaard, 1851. Met Newton's aanteekening: 

 „Out of four, very hght in colour, almost like Sanderlings'." 



1) Indien Yarrell jmjs^ gedetermineerd heeft, is dit het eeaigst bekende hypo- 

 leucos-{Oe\ev\oopei')e'\. van Nedeiiandschen oorsprong. v. P. L. 



2) Zie pag. 8. 



