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where they breed. In September 1872 Danford saw a pair 

 in the glen of Stina de Rnc, near the Retjezat^ at an eleva- 

 tion of about 5000 feet. He was much struck with their 

 tameness, as they came day after day about the hut, showing 

 very little fear. HH. Csato and Buda Adam observed them 

 also at Nuksora, near the same locality. 



Obs. Pyrrhocorax graculus (L.). Bieltz says of this spe- 

 cies : — " It is true that the occurrence of this bird in Tran- 

 sylvania has not yet been proved ; but as, according to Za- 

 vadzki, it appears amongst the highest of the Bukovina Car- 

 pathians, it cannot be wanting on our Rodnaer mountains ; 

 for instance, on the Kuh-horn, &c.'' He also alludes to it 

 in his ' Beitrag zur Unterscheidung der rabenartigen Vogel.' 



^164. CoRvus MONEDULA, L. Csoka. 



We regret that we did not bring home any of these Jack- 

 daws, and are therefore unable to state Avhether or not the 

 Corvus coUaris of Drummond occurred among them or not. 

 Many we observed had extremely light-coloured necks, even 

 as late as the beginning of June, though the whitish shoulders 

 spoken of by Mr. Simpson {cf. Ibis, 1860, p. 385) were not 

 apparent. 



^165. CoRvus coRAX, L. Hollo. 

 Common throughout the country. 



■^166. CoRvus coRNix, L. Varju. 



Common at all times ; but in no country visited by us have 

 we found this bird so very abundant as it is during autumn 

 in Transylvania. 



167. Corvus corone, L. 



We have not oljserved this species or variety in the country. 

 Bieltz says it occurs, mentioning it as a variety of C. comix. 

 It has also been found at Benczencz. Herr Buda Adam has 

 never met with it near Hatzeg. 



■^168. Corvus frugilegus, L. Fekete Varju (Black Crow). 



We saw this bird during our present visit only in the 

 Szekler country ; but it is common at Hatzeg and many other 

 places. Bieltz says : — " In some parts of the country it 



