412 Messrs. C. G. Danford and J. A. Harvic Brown on 



violent S.W.-monsoon weather in August, than I observed 

 anywhere else in the course of a tour through the whole of 

 the central coffee-estates. 



Tringa temmincki. 



" Proved to be T. salina when examined in this country." 



How Mr. Holdsworth committed this singular error is 

 almost unaccountable to me. At page 29 I spoke of T. tem- 

 mincki ; but reference was made to the northern province, and 

 not to this district. Even, however, if Mr. Holdsworth had 

 not correctly read the text, he must surely have seen my 

 additions to the avifauna of Ceylon, contained in part G, vol. i. 

 ' Stray Feathers,^ in which, at page 491, T. temmincM is cha- 

 racterized, with a series of notes on T. salina and T. minuta, 

 showing that at that time I was well acquainted with all these 

 species. At a previous date in 1872, when not sure of the 

 identification of T. minuta and T. salina respectively, I had 

 sent home a specimen of the latter, procured on the 26th of 

 January of that year ; but why this fact should have pre- 

 cluded the possibility of my obtaining T. temmincJci at a 

 later date, I fail to understand. 



For the benefit simply of those who take an interest in the 

 ornithology of Ceylon at home, I may mention that, besides 

 the species mentioned by Mr. Holdsworth, I have lately added 

 to his list (published in ' Stray Feathers ') Erythropus ves- 

 pertinus, Gecinus striolatusf, Acrocephalns stentorius, yEgi- 

 alitis geoffroyi, Tringa temmincki, Glareola lactea, Onycho- 

 prion fuUginosa-\ , Sterna minuta X- 



XXXVII. — The Birds of Transylvania. By Charles G. 

 Danford, and John A. Harvie Brown. 



[Continued from p. 312, and concluded.] 



^149. Fringillac(elebs, L. Szemeti Pinty (Dnng-Ymch) . 



Common everywhere, from the low country to the limit of 

 the pine-region. Its note seems to be clearer and shriller 

 than that of the same species in Great Britain. 



t Not procured by myself. t Vide supra. 



