OF THE NETHERLANDS. 



207 



1864, September and October 1868 and 1880, October 1885, 

 September and November 1888 and October 1900. 



297. Pica pica (L.). [Ekster]. 



16 specimens. In the collection van Wickevoort Croni- 

 melin is a male, shot 15 April 1853 at Berkenrode near 

 Haarlem (35 — 2), in which the black of the plumage is 

 replaced by a more or less dark brown whithout any gloss. 



298. Garrulus glandarius (L.). [Vlaamsche gaai]. 



24 specimens. A specimen with some white feathers in 

 both wings, shot 10 November 1874 at Hillegom, Zuid- 

 Holland, is in the collection van Wickevoort Crommelin 

 (36—6). ") 



Oriolidae. 



299. Oriolus oriolus (L.). [Wielewaal]. 



We received eight specimens, among which are two 

 males, already paired, bearing still the immature plumage 

 resembling that of the female, shot 19 and 21 May. A male 

 in the old collection, labelled 7 June 1863, Holland 

 (Schlegel, Cat. Coraces, Oriolus galbula, n°. 9) has the lower 

 back streaked with black. We possess only two old females 

 with yellow, almost unstreaked undersurface. 



Sturnidae. 



300. Sturnus vulgaris L. [Spreeuw]. 



We received 38 specimens, among which one albino, a 

 young female, shot 13 June 1905 at Oud-Beijerland, Zuid- 

 Holland. A pale brownish female was shot in October 

 1840 at Noordwrjk. 



1) In April of this year Baron Snouckaert van Schauburg wrote to me, 

 that he had seen a stuffed specimen of Pyrrhoeoraz graculus (L.), that is said 

 to have been killed in our country. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XXX. 



