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301. Pastor roseus (L.). [Roséspreeuw]. 



We possess three specimens killed in the Netherlands : 

 old female, 14 July 1856 near Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland 



(Coll. van Wickevoort Crommelin, 39 — 2); 

 old male, 15 April 1874, province Noord-Brabant (Coll. 



van Wickevoort Crommelin, 39 — 3); 

 young male, 27 September 1894 near Leiden, presented 



by Mr. G. S. van der Spruyt. 



Fringillidae. 



302. Fringilla coelebs L. [Vink]. 



26 specimens. In the collection van Wickevoort Crom- 

 melin are three pale variations, all females (119 — 1, 7 and 12) 

 and a female (119 — 5) darker coloured than usually. A male 

 in the same collection (119 — 11) has a white forehead and 

 white feathers in the wings, while another male (119 — 4) has 

 rump, lesser wingcoverts and axillaries tinged with yellow. 



Hybrid between Fringilla coelebs L. X Fringilla monti- 

 fringilla L. 



We possess a hybrid between these species, a male, caught 

 31 October 1898 near 's Gravenhage, presented to our 

 collection by Mr. W. J. Heyligers. The bird resembles more 

 coelebs than montifringilla. As to head, scapulars, wings 

 and rump it resembles montifringilla, the rump however 

 is not white but yellow. 



303. Fringilla montifringilla L. [Keep]. 



11 specimens. In the collection van Wickevoort Crom- 

 melin is a pale specimen (120 — 9), labelled but pro- 

 bably a female, caught 1 October 1889 at Vogelenzang, 

 Noord-Holland. 



304. Cannabina cannabina (L.). [Kneu]. 



14 specimens, among which a nearly white specimen, a 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



