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2 sp. Dort, 27 Mei 1856. 



4 „ Holland (z. n. a.), 1856 (?). 



3 „ Lekkerkerk, Mei 1876. Van J. Baker. Met de volgende aan- 



teekening van Newton: 



„Taken, Mr. Baker says, by himself from a nest thirty feet high in a 

 poplar tree." 



2 sp. Lekkerkerk, Mei 1876. 



Ärdetta minuta (L.). — Woudaapje. 



7 sp. Holland (z. n. a.), 1848, 1851 en 1854. 



Ardea purpurea L. — Purperreiger. 

 22 sp. Holland (z. n. a.), 1850, 1852, 1856 en vöör 1862. 



4 ,', Kapelle (z. n. a.), 24 Mei 1856. 



4 „ Ouderkerk (Holland), 9—12 Mei 1857. Hierbij staat door 

 Wollet het volgende vermeid : 



„These bought of Mr. Baker, at Cambridge, 2 March 1858, and taken 

 all, he said, with his own hand. There were no Common Herons in the 

 district. The nests were mostly on the ground ; but a few were in trees, 

 fallen trees, a few feet from the ground. He caught many birds on their 

 nests, letting them go again, and he described to me their great beauty. 

 His method was that adopted by the falconers at Valkenswaard, especially 

 in catching Herons for training the Hawks. A simple open knot (noose? 

 Newton) is laid round the nest, with a piece of string many yards in 

 length, one end of which is securely fastened to some stake or other at 

 one side of the nest, while the other end is brought away to any distance. 

 It is then left for a time, and the person, who sets it, returning and 

 puUing the end sharply, is almost certain to snare the bird. I find the 

 name Ouderkerk on the map, a few miles north of Rotterdam, and this 

 is probably Baker's station. The eggs in Leadenhall Market have been 

 said to be from the neighbourhood of Rotterdam. The birds are preserved, 

 says Mr. Baker, both by the proprietors and by the law." 



4 sp. Kapelle (z. n. a.), 24 Mei 1856. Uit één nest. 



Platalea leucorodia L. — Lepelaar. 



74 sp. Holland (z. n. a.), 1845—1851. Omtrent een 60-tal dezer 

 voorwerpen staat door Wolley aangeteekend : 



„These I have carefully selected from several hundreds in Dr. Frere's 

 possession which he has bought in Leadenhall Market in the years 

 1845-1851." 



