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Hartert (Vog. palaarkt. Faun. Heft III, 1905, p. 320) 

 states, that all the tree-creepers from the Netherlands seen 

 by him, belong to C. brachjdactyla. Also Mr. Snouckaert, 

 who has examined a, tolerably small, number of specimens 

 from different parts of our country, has found only the 

 present form (Snouckaert, Yerslagen en Mededeelingen Ned. 

 Orn. Yereen. n*^. 3, November 1906, p. 8). 



SlTTIDAE. 



288. Sitta europaea caesia Wolf. [Boomklever]. 

 7 specimens. 



EEaULIDAE. 



289. Regulus regnlus (L.). [Gotjdhaantje]. 



14 specimens. 



290. Regulus ignicapilla Temminck. [VTJURaouDHAANTJB]. 



We received only one specimen. This species is however 

 on migration not at all rare. 



Corytdae. 



291. Corvus coTone L. [Kraai]. 



A pale brown variation, a female, was shot 10 February 

 1908 on the island of Texel in much worn plumage. Iris 

 grey, bill and legs greyish brown. We received further 

 23 specimens. 



292. Corvus comix L. [BoNTE KRAAi]. 



13 specimens. In the collection van Wickevoort Crord- 

 melin is a specimen with some white primaries and secon- 

 daries in each wing, shot 17 January 1891 at Yogelenzang, 

 Noord-Holland (32—5). 



Hybrid between Corvus corone L. X Corvus comix L. 

 At October 26-'^ 1907 I shot at Zoeterwoude near Leiden 



N"otes from the Leyden 'MuseiiTn, Vol. XXX. 



