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150. FriNGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA, L. 



Common iu winter in large flocks. According to some 

 authorities, a certain number of these birds remain the whole 

 year, and breed in the higher mountains. Herr Buda Adam 

 says he has seen the young in summer among the mountains 

 at Hatzeg ; and we were told that Herr Hermann, the former 

 curator of the Klausenburg Museum, took many of their eggs 

 at Vlegyasza, near Vajda Hunyad. Herr Csato says they 

 are only to be met with in winter. Herr Otto remarks that 

 it " comes and goes very quickly.^' In the absence of sub- 

 stantial proof to the contrary, we are inclined to consider 

 Herr Csato's account as the more probable. 



■^151. Fr,ingilla chloris, L. Zoldike. 

 We did not see many ; but they are common throughout 

 the country in autumn. 



^ 152. Fringilla cannabina, L. Kenderike (Hemp- 

 Finch). 



Common everywhere. We saw many iu the Gorgeny 

 district. 



153. Fringilla rufescens, Vieill. Kovi csiz (Stone- 

 Finch) . 



Common in harvest in large flocks, and not unfrequently 

 nesting in bushes among the lower mountains. 



*154. Fringilla carduelis, L. Tengelicz. 

 Generally distributed and common, 



*155. Fringilla spinus, L. Csiz. 



Common among the pines during the breeding-season, and 

 in the plains in winter. 



156. Fringilla serinus (L.). 



Very rare, but sometimes occurs in autumn and winter. 

 Bieltz mentions that it Avas got by Herr Stetter at Topan- 

 falva. In 1872 Herr Otto wrote that it had once been seen 

 in the Mezoseg ; and Danford, writing from Transylvania 

 under date of October 29th, 1874, says : — " Herr Buda Carl 

 has just come in from a chase after two F. serinus, neither of 

 which he got." 



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