DUTCH AND ENGLISH BIRDS. 203 
Genus Plectrophanus. 
Plectrophanus nivalis (Linn). 
A regular winter visitant to Holland. A male in full colour 
was caught in the end of July 1891 near Harderwijk 
(Gelderland). Breeds in Scotland and is elsewhere a winter 
visitor to the Br. Islands. 
Genus Sturnus. 
Sturnus vulgaris Linn. 
A common summer visitant to Holland, remaining some- 
times in small numbers all through the winter, a resident 
locally migrant in the Br. Isl. 
Genus Pastor. 
Pastor roseus (Linn.). 
A rare straggler to Holland, generally observed in autumn 
in young specimens. An irregular autumnal visitor to the 
Br. Islands. 
Genus Pyrrhocorax. 
(Pyrrhocorax graculus) ** (Linn.). 
Genus Nucifraga. 
Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linn.). 
A very irregular autumnal visitor to Holland , sometimes 
however appearing in large numbers, so f.i. in the autumn 
of the year 1885. In 1886 some birds were also seen but 
they were not so numerous. Of rare occurrence in the 
British Islands. 
Genus Garrulus. 
Garrulus glandarius (Linn.). 
A common resident in Holland, In autumn large numbers 
of wanderers join these residents for a couple of months, 
disappearing afterwards. A resident in England in the 
southern parts. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
