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him specimens of T. stagnatilis obtained in Transylvania in 

 the breeding-season, and fully believes it to breed there not 

 uncommonly. He further states that he has eggs, taken at 

 Apay, in Hungary, by Frivaldsky ; and Herr Buda Adam 

 has seen the young near the Flatten See, where it is known 

 to breed in the Venetianischer lake. 



207. ToTANUs ruscus (L.). 



According to Herr Csato and Herr Buda this bird occurs 

 not uncommonly on the Strell and Klopotiva during its mi- 

 grations. A male specimen in the museum at Klausenburg 

 was shot in June on the Szamos. 



■^208. ToTANUS CALIDRIS (L.) , 



Not uncommon during its migrations. We saw them in 

 flocks on the lakes of the Mezoseg. 



■^209. ToTANUS GLAREOLA (L.) . 



Not rare during its migrations. We met with a few spe- 

 icmens at Toliat and Zah in May. 



^210. ToTANUS OCHROPUS (L.). 



During our visit to Hatzeg, at the end of April, we saw a 

 specimen of this bird at Rea ; and Danford found it very com- 

 mon in the same locality in autumn. Herr Buda Adam and 

 Bieltz agree in saying that it breeds in the country, nest- 

 ing among sand and stones ; but Herr Buda afterwards told 

 Danford that, though he sees the birds the whole summer, he 

 has not actually found the nest, but feels quite sure that they 

 must breed. Considering the abnormal habit of this species 

 during the nesting-season in Pomerania and other northern 

 localities where its eggs have been found, we consider this 

 account scarcely sufficiently authenticated. Mr. W. H. 

 Simpson, however, speaking of this species as an inhabitant 

 of Western Greece (Ibis, 1860, p. 390), says : — '' Some indi- 

 viduals of Totanus ochropus remain so late that their breeding- 

 quarters may be nearer than is generally supposed. We can 

 believe almost any thing of a bird that so far departs from the 

 habits of its congeners as occasionally to lay its eggs in old 

 nests of the tree-building birds. '^ 



