420 Messrs. C. G. Danford and J. A. llarvic Brown un 



country. Herr Csato says it rarely flics over from tlic plains 

 of the Maros into the valley of the Strell. 



200. Strepsilas interpres, L. 



Very rare. It lias been shot at Brettye, on the Strell. 



201. HjEmatopus ostralegus (L.). 



Rare, but is sometimes met with during its spring migra- 

 tions. Herr Buda Elek shot one, and saw others at Russ, in 

 the Strell valley. We were also told by Count Banffy 15ela 

 that he had seen a small flock at Szent Mihaly during May 

 of the present year. 



202. Recurvirostra avocetta, L. 



Rare. Herr Buda says it has occurred ; and Bieltz men- 

 tions two, one of which was shot at Reussbach, near Her- 

 mannstadt, in 1835, and the other he saw in the market in 

 1846. 



203. HiMANTOPUs autumnalis (Hasselq.) . 



Rare. It has been got near Hermanstadt, and occasionally 

 occurs in the Strell valley, more frequently during the spring 

 migration. Herr Otto records a pair from the Mezoseg, of 

 which the female was sufiering severely from a large tapeworm. 



204. Phalaropus fulicarius (L.). 



Herr Otto records a specimen killed by Graf Kemeny Janos, 

 which was previously recorded by Graf Lazar Kalman, and 

 further states : — " There was also a specimen which had been 

 shot in the Mezoseg, in the Museum at Nagy-Enyed :" this 

 specimen, in common with much of the contents of the mu- 

 seum, was destroyed during the revolution of 1818. 



205. ToTANUs canescens (Gm.). 



Not rare during autumn on the rivers Szamos, Klopotiva, 

 Strell, &c. It is said to breed in the country. 



206. ToTANUS STAGNATILIS, Bcclist. 



Not uncommon in spring and autumn among the stones 

 and sandy places on the Strell, Klopotiva, and other streams. 

 Herr Otto affirms that it only occurs during migration ; but 

 our friend Mr. Dresser informs us that Frivaldskv showed 



