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Genus Himantopus. 
Himantopus candidus Bonnaterre. 
Has occurred a few times in Holland (Coll. H. v. d. 
Goor in Cromvoirt and Zool. Gardens Museum of Rotter- 
dam). An irregular straggler to England. 
Genus Phalaropus. 
Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.). 
A rare winter visitor to Holland. 
A regular summer visitor to some of the islands of 
Scotland; elsewhere in winter, but rarely. 
Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). 
An irregular winter visitor to Holland and England. 
Genus Scolopax. 
Scolopax rusticola Linn. 
Breeds in Holland in small numbers, numerous in 
autumn, less numerous in spring on passage. 
A winter visitor to the Br. Isl., breeding in different 
counties; 400 or 500 nests in Sussex alone, annually (H. S.). 
Genus Gallinago. 
Gallinago major (Gmel.). 
An irregular visitor in spring and autumn to Holland 
and the Br. Isl. 
Gallinago caelestis (Frenzel). 
A regular summer visitor, breeding in Friesland, Noord 
Brabant, Groningen and Zuid Holland, on migration else- 
where. Common in the Br. Isl. 
Genus Limnoeryptes. 
Limnocryptes gallinula (Linn.). 
A winter visitor to Holland. 
According to Mr. van Bemmelen (Bouwstoffen , II, p. 127, 
1856) a nest with eggs was found in the prov. of Gro- 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
