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left. The specimen in the Klausenbui'g Museum was shot 

 at Apahida in November 1867, as recorded by Herr Otto. 



232. Ardea garzetta, L. Kis Kocsag (Little Heron). 



Rare. It is reported to have nested near Felvincz. We 

 saw a specimen which had been killed this year at Maros, 

 Vasarhely, and received one shot at Hatzeg. Herr Csato 

 says they visit the Strell valley in little flocks in May and 

 June. 



^233. ArDETTA MINUTA (L.). 



Common among the lakes of the Mezoseg and similar loca- 

 lities. We got several specimens at Zah. 



234. BoTAURUs sTELLARis (L.). Nddi Bika (Reed-bull), 

 Not very common. It occurs in the Mezoseg, where we 



heard but did not see it. The Strell valley, Hatzeg, &c. 

 are other localities. 



235. BuPHuscoMATus (Pall.). S^a/'^a Gm (Yellow Heron) . 

 A migratory species, much commoner in some years than 



in others. Little flocks are sometimes met with on the Strell 

 in May and June, and more rarely in autumn. 



*236. Nycticoraxgriseus (L.). Ejjeli Koesag ; VakVarju 

 (Blind Crow) . 



Not uncommon, and migratory. At Zah we found a large 

 colony, which was chiefly composed of adult birds with a 

 small sprinkling of immature examples. They had not begun 

 to breed when we left in the middle of May. In the Klausen- 

 burg Museum is a specimen with four crest-feathers. 



^237. CicoNiA ALBA, Bcclist. Golya. 



Common everywhere in the plains and well-watered dis- 

 tricts, especially in the Haromseg. Nearly every village in 

 some districts has its Stork's nest ; and the birds are not al- 

 lowed to be distiu'bed, the popular belief being that they will, 

 if interfered with, set fire to the house. 



^238. CicoNiA nigra (L.). Fekete Golya. 

 Not nearly so common as the preceding. We saw a pair 

 on a bit of marshy ground near Szasz Regen, in the Szekler 



