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resting variation we possess is a female in our old collection ; 

 this bird has been captured in our country, the exact locality 

 or date is not known. The upperparts are pale grey, barred 

 with dark greyish brown, throat and breast as in a female 

 merula, but more rufous; undertailcoverts greyish brown, 

 barred with greyish white ; bill yellowish. 



215. Turdus torquatus L. [Beflijster]. 



We purchased 16 specimens, only one from April, the 

 others from October. 



216. Turdus pilaris L. [Kramsvogel]. 



The Museum received 15 specimens. Of a male in the 

 collection van Wickevoort Crommelin (58 — 5) the breast is 

 less spotted than usually and the feathers of the sides of 

 the breast and of the flanks are brownish, instead of black 

 with whitish margins. 



217. Turdus viscivorus L. [GrROOTE luster]. 

 6 specimens. 



218. Turdus musicus L. [Zanglijster]. 



Eleven specimens. In our old collection is a female, shot 

 16 October 1864 at Leiden, with four white primaries in 

 each wing, two white central tailfeathers, a white patch 

 on the head, and the groundcolour of all the underparts 

 pure white. In 1883 the late H. Albarda presented to our 

 collection a male, shot 1 November 1883 at Leeuwarden, 

 being of a pale brown colour, but having all the mark- 

 ings of a normal bird. 



219. Turdus iliacus L. [Koperwiek]. 



We received 10 specimens, killed from September till April. 

 In our old collection is a male, shot 20 August 1864 

 near Leiden. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



