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184. Turtur turtur (L.). [Tortel]. 

 The Museum received three specimens. 



CUCULIDAE. 



185. Cuculus canorus L. [Koekoek]. 



We received 12 specimens, 6 old males, 4 young males 

 and 2 young females. Old females we did not receive ; these 

 are very welcome to our collection. 



Strigidae. 



186. Asio otus (L.). [Ransuil], 



We received 13 specimens, killed in the months August 

 and October till March. 



187. Asio accipitrina (Pallas). [Velduil]. 



This species is on migration not so common as the pre- 

 ceding one. We purchased 13 specimens, 8 males and 5 

 females, killed from September till April. 



188. Scops scops (L.). [Dwergooruil]. 



There is no specimen shot in the Netherlands in the 

 collection. In the Museum of the Zoological Garden at 

 Rotterdam is a female, that was captured in September 

 1890 near that town. Mr. W. Geurtsen, praeparator at the 

 School of Agriculture at Wageningen, informs me that he 

 has stuffed in 1894 a specimen, that was shot that year 

 near Wageningen. An old female was captured in the end 

 of March 1906 near Gulpen, province Limburg (O. Ie Roi, 

 Orn. Monatsb. 1908, p. 109). 



189. Nyctea nyctea (L.). [Sneeuwuil]. 



We possess no specimen killed in our country. About a 

 dozen of examples have been observed in the Netherlands. 

 According to Schlegel (Herklots, Bouwst. Faun. Ned. I, 



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