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wing, 80 mm., I observed in a o with a length of bill 
of 10.5 mm.; the shortest wing, 70 mm., in a Q with a 
length of bill of 8 mm. With a longer bill, as a rule, a 
longer wing is accompanied. 
In one of the males the under tailcoverts are tinged 
with red. 
Of the lesser redpoll, Aegiothus linaria cabaret (P. L. S. 
Müller), I did not receive specimens. | 
Loxia curvirostra L, 
The common erossbill has been observed again all the 
year round in our country. I received several examples 
for the collection, all adult ones, no young ones, like last 
year. A male, caught 1 August 1911 at Harderwyk, is 
interesting by the conspicuous white wingbars, a feature 
however, that seems to be not very rare in the common 
crossbill. 
Leyden Museum, September 1911. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXIV. 
