the Birds of Transylvania. 417 



country. Bieltz says it has been found on the highest peaks 

 of the Hatzeg and Arpach mountains; and C. Boner^ in his 

 work on Transylvania (p. 144), says^ "Ptarmigan may be shot 

 on the mountains near Hatzeg/^ Herr Stetter got one on 

 the Retjezat ; and HH. Csato and Buda Adam were informed 

 by a peasant that he had seen some "white Partridges" 

 there. 



176. Tetrao urogalluSj L. Vad Kakas (Wild Cock) ; 

 Siket Fajd (Deaf Grouse) . 



Tolerably common among the high undisturbed forests in 

 most parts of the country. 



177. Tetrao tetrix, L. Nyir fajd (Birch- Grouse). 



Not common, but pretty well distributed in the north and 

 north-east. They frequent the open places at the edges of the 

 high mountain-woods_, and, from their habit of running into 

 the impenetrable thickets of creeping pine, arc exceedingly dif- 

 ficult to find. According to Herr Csato [' Birds of the Ret- 

 jezat,' &c.), T. tetrix pairs a fortnight later than T. urogallus. 



Obs. The hybrid T. medius sometimes occurs. There is 

 a male in the Hermannstadt collection, and a female in that 

 of Herr Buda Adam. 



■^178. BoNASA BETULiNA (Scop.). Csdszdr Maddr (Em- 

 peror-bird) . 



Common among the lower mountain-woods, especially 

 where there is an undergrowth of small trees and bushes. 



*179. Perdix cinerea, Lath. Fogoly Maddr. 



Generally distributed on the low ground, but not numerous. 

 Herr Buda Adam shot one at Urik Burlea, behind the Ret- 

 jezat, at an elevation of about 6000 feet. There was a covey ; 

 and they had, no doubt, been bred there. The bird differs in 

 no way from that frequenting the plains. 



Obs. Bieltz says : — " The Stein-Feldhuhn belonging to this 

 part of the world — P. saxatilis (Meyer) — does, according to 

 some accounts, occur in Transylvania ; and I have also been 

 assured from trustworthy sources that we have a second Par- 

 tridge in Transvlvania." 



