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female, with only some normal feathers on the forehead, in 

 the wings and in the tail. The specimen is caught in 1904 

 in the Netherlands and presented to our collection by 

 Mr. F. E. Blaauw. 



305. Aegiothus flavirostris (L.). [Fratertje], 

 8 specimens. 



306. Aegiothus linaria (L.). [Barmsusje]. 



5 specimens. We have a tolerably large series of spe- 

 cimens killed in the Netherlands, among which some are 

 as large as holboellii, others as small as cabaret. 



307. Aegiothus linaria holboellii (Brehm). [Langsnavelig 

 barmsijsje]. 



We have only three specimens, which are typical hol- 

 boellii, all males, shot out of flocks of linaria. 



308. Aegiothus linaria cabaret (P. L. S. Muller). [Klein 

 barmsusje]. 



We possess eleven specimens of this form, 8 in the old 

 collection from November 1861 and January 1862 near 

 Leiden, and three specimens in the collection van Wickevoort 

 Crommelin (124—2, 3 and 4). 



309. Carduelis carduelis (L.). [Putter], 



We received only two males. In 1896 Mr. W. J. Hey- 

 ligers presented to the Museum three very dark specimens, in 

 which the head is black without white and almost without 

 scarlet; they were caught near Maastricht, Limburg. A 

 specimen caught in 1847 in Friesland and presented to the 

 Museum in 1863 by Mr. H. Albarda, has no scarlet at the 

 head, the feathers being there white with black bases. In 

 the collection van Wickevoort Crommelin is a female (125 — l) f 

 caught in the winter of 1850 in our country, in which 

 the chin and throat are white instead of scarlet. 



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