170 AVIFAUNA 



121. Recur vir ostra avosetta L. (Kluit). 

 Eight examples, adult and young ones. 



122. Himantopus himantopus (L.). [Steltkluitj. 



This species is not represented in our collection by 

 examples shot in the Netherlands. The bird has been ob- 

 served very rarely in the province of Noord-Brabant. 



123. Phalaropus lobata (L.). [Aschgrauwe franjepoot]. 



The Museum purchased four females killed 12 September 

 1905 on Texel, and two females killed there 28 September 

 1006; all the specimens in winter plumage. There are no 

 specimens in summer dress in our collection, only four 

 specimens in winter plumage in the collection van Wicke- 

 voort Crommelin (192 — 4 to 7). 



124. Crymophilus fulicaria (L.). [Rosse franjepoot]. 



November 26 th 1904 I shot on the seashore near Noord- 

 wrjk two males in winter plumage. Iris dark ; bill dark 

 brown, base yellowish; legs grey, webs yellow. Our Museum 

 does not possess specimens in summer plumage killed in 

 Holland, only five specimens in winter dress : 

 — , November 1834, Katwijk (Schlegel, Cat. Scolopaces, 



Phalaropus fulicarius, n°. 5); 

 cT, October 1836, Katwijk (Schlegel, ibid. n°. 4); 

 9, 30 November 1848, Noordwijk (Schlegel, ibid. n°. 6); 

 9, 1 November 1869, de Zaan (Coll. van Wickevoort 



Crommelin, 191 — 4); 

 9, 5 December 1872, Oostzaan (Coll. van Wickevoort 



Crommelin, 191 — 5). 



125. Tringa canutus L. [Kanoetstrandlooper]. 



This is a common winter visitor to our shore. We 

 received three specimens in more or less perfect summer 

 dress, viz. : 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XXX. 



