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In our old collection are among 14 specimens only one 

 female and an unsexed specimen, the rest are males. In 

 the collection van Wickevoort Crommelin are three speci- 

 mens, two males and one female. In my time we received 

 ten specimens, being seven males and three females. 



Ciconiidae. 



25. Ciconia ciconia (L.). [Ooievaar]. 



We received a young male and a young female of about 

 four weeks of age, taken from the nest 10 June 1906 at 

 Hintham near 's Hertogenbosch. 



26. Ciconia nigra (L.). [Zwarte ooievaar]. 



We possess three specimens killed in Holland, two young 

 ones from Hoek van Holland, August 1859 (Schlegel, Cat. 

 Ciconiae, Ciconia nigra, n°. 3, and the specimen in the col- 

 lection van Wickevoort Crommelin, 210 — 1) and a young 

 female from Zand voort, 21 August 1884 (Coll. van Wicke- 

 voort Crommelin, 210—2). 



Ibidae. 



27. Plegadis falcinellus (L.). [Ibis]. 



We possess an adult specimen, labelled by Temminck 

 »tue en Hollande" (Schlegel, Cat. Ibis, Ibis falcinellus, n°. 2) 

 and a young female, killed 30 October 1873 at Zwartsluis, 

 province Overijssel (Collection van Wickevoort Crommelin, 

 207—2). 



28. Platelea leucorodia L. [Lepelaar]. 



We received a young male and a young female, killed 

 9 August 1906 on Texel. In the old collection is a young 

 male shot 3 December 1862 near Leiden, and in the col- 

 lection van Wickevoort Crommelin is a young female shot 

 27 February at Hoek van Holland. We possess a fine 



Notes from the Ley den Museum, "Vol. XXX. 



