ON BIRDS FROM THE NETHERLANDS. 207 
Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck). 
We purchased one male, shot 12 November 1909 near 
Texel. The plumage is dark brown, the feathers obscurely 
margined with cinnamon. Bill dark grey, feet clear grey- 
blue, the greater part of toes and webs black. Wing 345, 
bill 36 mm. 
Stercorarius parasiticus (L.). 
Richardson’s skua is the commonest one of the four 
skua’s, which visit our country. This year I received five 
specimens, all shot near Texel, viz.: 
o', 11 September 1909. Breast nearly uniform dark brown, 
the feathers obscurely margined with pale cinnamon; wing 
308, bill 30 mm. 
Q, 11 September 1909. Breast white, thickly banded 
with dark brown; wing 313, bill 30 mm. 
o', 2 October 1909. Breast white; wing 325, bill 32 mm. 
Q, 2 October 1909. Breast white with some greyish 
brown cross-bars; wing 307, bill 33 mm. 
Not sexed specimen, 16 July 1910. Breast white with 
some greyish brown cross-bars; wing 323, bill 32 mm. 
Larus fuscus L. 
We received an adult female, shot 26-May 1910 near 
Texel. This is the first specimen, which I received in flesh. 
We have now four adult and seven young specimens from 
our country. 
Larus minutus Pallas. 
Only one specimen was received this winter, a female, 
shot 27 November 1909 near Texel. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
