424 Messrs. C. G. Danford and J. A. Harvie Brown on 



224. NuMENius ARQUATA (L.) . Mezei Szalonka (Field- 

 Snipe) . 



Rather rare, and only found during migration. It occurs 

 at Hatzeg and in the Strell valley. The specimens in the 

 Klausenburg Museum are from Maros Vasarhely. 



225. NuMENius TENUiRosTRis, Vicill. 



Very rare. Bieltz says that a specimen was shot by Herr 

 Stettcr on the marshy banks of the Maros, near Maros 

 Nemethi. 



226. NUMENIUS PHiEOPUS (L.). 



Still rarer than the Curlew, but sometimes to be met with 

 in the same localities during migration. 



227. Calidris arenaria, L. 



Solitary specimens of this bird have been got in various 

 parts of the country. 



228. Grus communis, Bechst. Daru. 



Sometimes met with during its migrations. Herr Csato 

 says he has seen them both in large and small flocks passing 

 over the Strell valley. 



■^229. Ardeacinerea, L. Gem ; Szilrke Gem {Grey Heron) . 



Common everywhere, esjDecially in the Mezoseg, where they 

 nest among the tall reeds. The tops of the reeds are broken 

 down so as to form a platform from four to nine feet above 

 the water ; and the nests, which are made almost entirely of 

 broken pieces of reed, are thus strongly supported. 



■^230. Ardea purpurea, L. Veres Gem (Red Heron). 



Equally abundant with the preceding in the Mezoseg. We 

 found them breeding in the same situations — and if not ac- 

 tually in company with the common Heron, yet generally 

 very close to them. They are said to be scarcer in other parts 

 of the country, 



231. Ardea alba, L. Nagy Feher Kocsag. 



Only found during migration, there being no record of its 

 having bred in the country. We heard from Herr Buda that 

 there were many in the Hatzeg district this year after we 



