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Accurs on migration in Holland and the Br. Isl. ; breeds 
in the Orkneys and Shetland. 
Numenius arquatus (Linn.). 
Breeds in Holland in the dunes and in marshy places. 
It visits the sea coasts of the Br. Isl. and breeds on 
the moors of the British Islands, 
Numenius tenuirostris (Vieillot). 
A bird of this kind has been obtained in 1856 on the 
5th of December near Spaarndam (Schlegel V. v. N. p. 
468). A second specimen was captured on the 27th of 
December 1889 near Hallum in Friesland (Herman Albarda 
J.f.O. 1892, p. 425). Has not occurred in England. 
Order GAVIAE. 
Genus Sterna. 
Sterna macrura Naum. 
One was shot near Leyden on the 18th of October 1862. 
See Schlegel’s Catalogue, VI, p. 16, N°. 4. 
A regular summer visitor to the British islands. 
Sterna fluviatilis Naum. . 
A regular summer visitor to Holland; breeding in the 
dunes along the sea coast, or inland along the rivers, on 
low meadows and on floating weeds in marshes and small 
lakes, often found in the midst of the heath. 
A summer visitor to the sea coasts and lakes of the 
Br. Islands. 
(Sterna Dougallit) Montagu. 
Sterna minuta Linn. 
Breeds in small numbers on the sandplates of the coast 
of Holland, leaving early in autumn. 
The same thing occurs in the Br. Isl. 
Sterna caspia Pallas. 
An irregular visitor to the coasts of Holland and the 
Br. Islands. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XV. 
