40 ON BIRDS FROM THE NETHERLANDS, 
Megalestris skua (Brünnich). 
An adult male, found dead at Huisduinen near den Hel- 
der on December 31th 1910, was purchased for our col- 
lection. We possess now three skins and one skeleton of 
specimens shot in our country, the only known ones from 
the Netherlands (see Notes Leyden Mus. vol. XXX, p. 175 
and vol. XXXI, p. 217; Tijdschr. Ned. Dierk. Ver. 2d Ser. 
XI, 1908—’10, Verslagen p. XLv). 
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck). 
I received a young male, shot 21 December 1910 on 
the Texelstroom near Texel. This is the fourth specimen 
I received since 1904. 
Stercorarius parasiticus (L.). 
Only one specimen, a male, shot 9 September 1910 near 
Texel, was sent to our collection. The breast in this example 
is whitish, banded with greyish brown. 
Larus glaucus Briinnich. 
A fine addition to our collection is an adult male of this 
species, shot 7 January 1911 at den Helder. This specimen 
is the third adult one from our country preserved in the Mu- 
seum; moreover it possesses 9 young ones, shot in our 
country in the months November, December, January and 
March. 
Larus minutus Pallas. 
1 received not less than 12 examples last year, shot at 
Callantsoog, province Noord-Holland, near Texel and on 
the coast of Groningen, of which 4 are shot in September, 
1 in October, 5 in November, 1 in December and 1 in 
January. In some winters the little gull is a common 
visitant, 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXIV. 
