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frequently, either singly or in little flocks, at the beginning 

 of autumn. He has procured it at Koncza. 



■^220. ScoLOPAx GALLiNULA, L, Kis Sdr-szalonku (Little 

 Mud- Snipe). 



Common during it migi'ations. 



^221. ScoLOPAx GALLiNAGO, L. Sdr Szalonka. 



Common during its migrations. Bieltz says that they breed 

 in the country. 



Obs. The following is a description of two specimens of the 

 variety S. bre/imi, Kaup, in the collection of Herr Buda 

 Adam, three, all of which agree, having been obtained by 

 him at Kriseny : — 



S. brehmi is of exactly the size of and similar in colour to S. 

 gaUinago ; but the tail of the former has a deep double inden- 

 tation, and contains sixteen feathers, some being three times 

 barred and others oftener, and the two central having short 

 projecting terminal spines ; whereas that of the latter, when 

 extended, is of a regular rounded fan-shape, and contains 

 fourteen feathers, each usually with five or more bars. On 

 a reexamination of these specimens, Danford thinks the points 

 of the two central tail-feathers being bare is due to abrasion, 

 but that the indentations cannot be accounted for in the same 

 manner. 



Herr Buda Adam says that it has a different flight and a 

 different cry, and that when flushed it always rises silently. 



For full description of S. brehmi, see ' Lehrbuch der Natur- 

 geschichte,^ Brehm (p. 623) ; and additional remarks will be 

 found in Salvadori's ' Fauna d' Italia,' " Uccelli'' (p. 228). 



222. ScoLOPAX MAJOR, Gm. 



Solitary birds are not rarely met with during migration 

 at Hfitzeg, the Strell valley, Gyeke, and other localities. 



■^223. ScoLOPAx RusTicoLA, L. Szalonka. 



Generally common. They come in March and April, and, 

 remaining but a short time in the low country, proceed to 

 their breeding-places in the mountains. In September they 

 descend, the flight lasting till the beginning of November, a 

 few remaining still later when the weather is very open. 



