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van Wickevoort Crommelin is a fine series of 16 specimens 

 and in the general collection a series of 12. 



84. Milvus milvus (L.). [Wouw]. 



This species we did not receive in the latter years. We 

 possess altogether 16 specimens killed in the Netherlands: 

 10 specimens in the collection van Wickevoort Crommelin 

 (10 — 1 to 9 and 11), 5 specimens mentioned in the Cata- 

 logue by Schlegel (Milvus regalis, n^s. 1, 3, 4^ 9 and 10) 

 and further a male shot 14 March 1879 near Lisse, pre- 

 sented by Mr. M. Temminck. 



85. Milvus korschun (S. G. Gmelin). [Zwartbruine wouwJ. 



We possess three specimens killed in the Netherlands: 

 two specimens in the collection van Wickevoort Crommelin 

 (11—3 and 5: Q, 21 April 1874, Vogelenzang, and cT, 27 

 May 1886, Sautpoort) and one in the general collection 

 (cf, 4 June 1860, Voorhout; Schlegel, Cat. Milvi, Milvus 

 aetolius, n°. 3). 



86. Pernis apivorus (L.). [Wespendief]. 



Altogether we possess 12 specimens shot in our country in 

 the months May, June, July, August, September and October 

 on the dunes of Noord- and Zuid-Holland and in Noord- 

 Brabant. In the latter years we have not received this 

 species. 



87. Hierofalco gyrfako (L.). [Giervalk]. 



We possess two specimens killed in the Netherlands, viz. : 

 a young male, shot 16 October 1849 near Noordwijk, 

 Zuid-Holland, by Mr. F. A. Verster (Schlegel, Cat. Fal- 

 cones, Falco gyrfalco, n^. 5), and a young male, shot 3 

 December 1864 at Zandvoort, Noord-Holland (Coll. van 

 Wickevoort Crommelin, 12—1). 



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