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  A 
  second 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  lately 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Jos, 
  van 
  der 
  Harten, 
  at 
  Eindhoven, 
  in 
  North 
  Brabant. 
  

   This 
  bird 
  was 
  killed 
  near 
  Zieriksee, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Schouwen, 
  

   in 
  Zeeland, 
  December 
  5th, 
  1888. 
  

  

  A 
  third 
  example, 
  a 
  male, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Albarda, 
  

   captured 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Friesland, 
  near 
  Hallum, 
  on 
  

   December 
  27th, 
  1889, 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Zoological 
  Society 
  ' 
  Natura 
  Artis 
  Magistra/ 
  at 
  Amsterdam. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  our 
  specimens 
  were 
  all 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  

   December. 
  

  

  Respecting 
  the 
  Common 
  Pratincole 
  {G 
  [areola 
  pratincola), 
  

   Temminck 
  says 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  editions 
  of 
  his 
  

   ' 
  Manual 
  ' 
  (1815 
  and 
  1820) 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  " 
  tres 
  rare 
  en 
  Hol- 
  

   lande/' 
  Since 
  that 
  date 
  the 
  first 
  authenticated 
  instance 
  of 
  

   the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  Netherlands 
  took 
  place 
  ou 
  

   the 
  24th 
  of 
  July 
  last, 
  when 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighbourhood 
  of 
  Bois-le-Duc 
  in 
  North 
  Brabant. 
  This 
  

   example, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  was 
  set 
  up 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Zinling 
  of 
  

   that 
  place, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  that 
  gentleman's 
  possession. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   adult 
  female, 
  captured 
  in 
  a 
  net 
  amongst 
  Lapwings 
  and 
  

   Ruffs, 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  Vlymen. 
  

  

  123 
  Noordeinde, 
  The 
  Hague. 
  Yours 
  &c., 
  

  

  October 
  4tli, 
  1892. 
  H. 
  W. 
  DE 
  Graaf. 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  On 
  looking 
  through 
  the 
  recently-published 
  Vol. 
  

   XVII. 
  of 
  the 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  I 
  observe 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  

   synonymy 
  of 
  the 
  Meropidse 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  omissions 
  

   which 
  it 
  will, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  advisable 
  to 
  point 
  out. 
  These 
  are 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  Meropiscus 
  gularis 
  australis, 
  Reichenow, 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  

   1885, 
  pp. 
  222, 
  468 
  *. 
  

  

  Melittophagus 
  (/ularis 
  australis 
  (Reichenow), 
  Dresser, 
  

   Monogr. 
  Merop. 
  Introd. 
  p, 
  xviii 
  (1886), 
  

  

  Meropiscus 
  australis, 
  Reichenow, 
  J. 
  f. 
  Orn. 
  1890, 
  p. 
  116. 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  name 
  Dr. 
  Reichenow 
  has 
  separated 
  the 
  

   southern 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  form 
  of 
  Melittophagus 
  gularis, 
  

  

  * 
  Just 
  as 
  the 
  above 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  press 
  I 
  observed 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  refers 
  

   to 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  his 
  article 
  (p. 
  51 
  ), 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  omitted 
  

   from 
  the 
  index, 
  aud 
  hence 
  was 
  overlooked. 
  — 
  H. 
  E. 
  D. 
  

  

  