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71. Reimoardtoenas Reimoardti (Temm,). 

 Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XXI, p. 365. 

 Only an adult specimen (March). 



Al, 230 mm.; cautl. 267 mm.; culm. 17 mm. 

 [Iris white, bill dark brown, basal half red, feet red. 

 Schadler]. 



72. Chalcophaps Stephani Rchb. 



Salvad. Cat. B. Br, M. XXI, p. 520. 



Two specimens: old and young male (in first plumage). 



[Iris brown, bill red (young dark brown), feet greyish red. 

 Schadler], 



73. Numenius phaeopus (L.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, p. 355. 



One specimen (old male: 27 February) with the rump 

 thickly mottled with dark spots and therefore belonging to 

 Sharpe's subsp. a. N. variegatus (Scop.). 



[Iris dark brown. Schadler]. 



74. Tringoides hypoleucus (L.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXIV, p. 456. 

 One female (18 January). 



75. Demiegretfa sacra (Gml.). 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXVI, p. 137. 



An old female (January) uniform slate-colour, with only 

 a few white feathers on the chin. 



[Iris yellow, bill black, lower mandible yellowish, feet 

 dark gray. Schadler]. 



76. Butorides stagnatilis (Gould). 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XXVI, p. 183. 



Two adult specimens, male and female. 



[Iris reddish, bill black, base of lower mandible yellow, 

 feet dirty yellow. Schadler]. 



Ley den Museum, 10 January 1900. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. XXII. 



