228 DUTCH AND ENGLISH BIRDS, 
ningen by a man who was able to distinguish the species. 
Mr. v. B. did not see the eggs however. No other example 
having occurred the fact stands isolated and doubtfull. 
Mr. Herman Albarda of Leeuwarden doubts this species 
has ever bred in the north of Holland. In Schleg. V. v. 
N. p. 436, the instance of v. Bemmelen is alluded to. 
A winter visitor to the Br. Isl. 
Genus Limicola. 
Limicola platyrhyncha (Temm.). 
A very rare straggler to Holland. One was shot on the 
15th of August 1862 at the Hoek van Holland (Nat. Hist. 
Museum of Leyden). 
A rare visitor to the Br. Islands. 
Genus Tringa. 
(Tringa maculata) Vieillot. 
(Tringa fuscicollis) Vieill. 
Tringa alpina Linn. 
A summer visitor to Holland, breeding in Friesland and 
the Hoek van Holland. More generally distributed on mi- 
gration in autumn and spring. Chiefly a winter visitor 
to the British coasts, but breeds on the moors, especially 
in the north. 
Tringa minuta Leisler. 
On migration in Holland and the Br, Isl. 
Tringa Temmincki Leisler. 
A rare visitor to Holland and England on migration. 
(Tringa minutilla) Vieill. 
Tringa subarquata (Güldenstädt). 
A winter visitor to Holland and the Br. Islands from 
autumn to spring. 
Tringa striata Linn. 
A regular winter visitor to Holland and the Br. Islands. 
Notes from the Lieyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
