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AVIFAUNA 



There is in our collection a female, captured 17 February 

 1896 near Birdaard, province of Friesland, and presented 

 to our Museum by the late Mr. H. Albarda. 



113. Eudromias morinellus (L.). [Morinelpleviee,]. 



I received only one specimen, a male in imperfect summer 

 dress, killed 31 August 1907 at Oegstgeest near Leiden. 

 There are in the collection specimens killed in May, June, 

 August, September, October and November. 



114. Aegialites dubius (Scopoli). [Kleine plevier]. 



Besides the three specimens mentioned by Schlegel (Cat. 

 Cursores, Charadrius philippinus, n°^- 2, 3 and 4) as having 

 been killed in Holland, notwithstanding the old labelling 

 by Temminck is ^Europe", we possess an old male and 

 two youngs in down, killed together at Wassenaar, pro- 

 vince Zuid-Holland, 27 June 1867. 



115. Aegialites alexandrinus (L.). [Strandplevieb,]. 



The Museum received 13 specimens, adults in summer 

 and winter plumage, young ones and a young in down, 

 killed on Texel and on the Hoek van Holland. 



116. Aegialites hiaticula (L.). [Bontbekplevier]. 

 24 specimens in summer and winter plumage. 



117. Vanellus vanellus (L.). [Kievit]. 



We received 12 specimens. In the collection van 

 Wickevoort Crommelin is a white young in down (177 — 9). 



118. Squatarola squatarola (L.). [Goudkievit]. 

 Besides eight examples in winter dress, killed in the 



months of September, October, November and December, 

 we received the following specimens with more or less 

 black undersurface : 



(J, 31 October 1905, Texel; undersurface strongly mottled 

 with black. 



ISTotes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX, 



