376 Lieut. C. B. Ticeliurst on the [Ibis, 



"Breeds" (Tli.). ''Does not hreed on the island now, 

 seldom, if ever, occurs *' (V.). " Formerly eight or ten 

 nests; in 1905 only one, at Hoorn on a harn '" (L.J,). 



Black Stork. 



An adult met with on 31 August on the shore. Mr. Trapp, 

 a native who collects for the Dutch museums, told us that 

 the bird had only been met with a few times on the island. 



Spoonbill. 



On 25 August, a very windy day, flocks of Spoonbills were 

 continually flying up and down the tide-mark at the north- 

 east end, otherwise the}^ spent the day well out on the sand- 

 bank, looking like a white cloud in the distance. Over 

 eighty were counted on 15 September and fifty on the IDth, 

 after which numbers fell oft' rapidly, and the last was seen on 

 the 2Gth, except for an odd bird on 7 October. Daalder told 

 me they were common on migration, and that occasionally a 

 pair or two bred in the lakes of the sand-dunes ; but that the 

 nearest colony was at Zwanewater, near Oalantsoog, south of 

 the Helder. " Formerly bred in numbers before the drainage 

 of their haunts in the southern dunes; in 1905 one nest at 

 Oudcschild in a reed-bed^' (L.J.). " Has not bred since the 

 draining of the marshes near Den Horn ; stray birds seen 

 especially in May and June" (V.). 



Heron. 



Common in August, often coming out from the marshes 

 to the shore at dusk ; noted eaeh day in September and 

 October, with increased numbers on 7 and 8 October. " JSests 

 in the trees at one of the decoys" (D.). "Breeds" (Th.). 

 " Breeds, but not numerously, in trees and reeds " (L.J.). 



Purple Heron. 



" Rare ; does not breed " (V.). 



Grey Geese. 



Noted on 15 September, an<l on most days, on or flying 

 over the shore, also seen on a small lake in the dunes. The 

 numbers gradually increased, notable additions being on 



