OF THE NETHERLANDS. 



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more greyish than usually and there are some white feathers 

 on the forehead. 



A male in the same collection (72 — 12), shot 3 May 

 1878 at Santpoort, has all the orange-red parts of the 

 body buff-white. 



226. Phoenicurus titys (L.). [Zwart roodstaartje]. 



We possess the following specimens from the Netherlands: 



adult cf, 30 October 1875, dunes of Vogelenzang, Noord- 

 Holland (Coll. van Wickevoort Crommelin, 71 — 2); 



nestling, 1 June 1876, Leiden; from a nest build in a 

 hole of a wall at the inner-court of the Museum of 

 Natural History ; 



cf, 24 October 1889, Noord wij kerhout, Zuid-Holland. Pre- 

 served as skeleton ; 



adult Q, ^ November 1898, near 's Gravenhage ; 



adult cf, spring 1903, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland; 



adult 9, 10 April 1906, Wageningen, Gelderland; 



adult cf, 24 April 1906, Wageningen; 



adult (ƒ, 1 May 1906, Wageningen. This example is still 

 in the female plumage, the so-called cazm-form. 



227. Cyanecula suecica (L.). [Roodvlekblauwbop.stje]. 



We possess no specimen shot in Holland. This species 

 has been observed a few times in our country, f. i. a male, 

 caught 7 May 1886 at Nunspeet, province Gelderland, is 

 preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Garden at 

 Amsterdam. 



228. Cyanecula suecica cyanecula (Wolf). [Blauwborstje]. 



We possess -the following specimens killed in the Nether- 

 lands, the old males having all a white patch in the 

 blue breast: 



5 nestlings from the same nest, 20 March 1861, Valkens- 

 waard, Noord-Brabant; 

 adult cf, 29 April 1861, Valkenswaard ; 

 adult cf, 2 May 1861, Valkenswaard; 



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