426 Messrs. C. G. Danford and J. A. Harvic Brown on 



country. Hcrr Buda Elck found it breeding in tlie beech- 

 woods at Ponorics. It also nests at Denisus, near Hatseg. 



239. Ibis falcinellus (Gmcl.). Ibis. 



Solitary birds are not uncommonly met with during the 

 spring migration. We saw one which had been killed last 

 year at Gorgeny ; and another was sent to us from Hatzeg. 

 It also occurs on the Strell and Alt rivers. 



■^240. Platalea LEUcoRODiA, L. Kandlos Gem. 



Kare^ but occurs during its spring migration. We saw one 

 at T6hat_, flying high and then settling on a field in company 

 with some Herons. Herr Csato has frequently observed it 

 in May and June on the Strell. 



241. Cygnus olor (Gmel.). Hattyii. 



Small flocks are occasionally met with on lakes and rivers, 

 especially on the Alt and Maros. It has also been obtained 

 on the Strell at Russ by Herr Buda Elek. 



242. Cygnus musicus, Bechst. 



Still rarer than the preceding. Herr Csato and Herr Buda 

 Adam each hilled one in October 1861 in the Strell valley. 



243. Anser FERUs (Gmel.). Fiac? Zwf/ (Wild Goose). 

 Common in large flocks during its migrations. 



244. Anser segetum (Gmel.). Fe^esi i/wc? (Growing-grain 

 Goose) . 



Not rare during migration, in small flocks. One shot at 

 Apahida is in the Museum at Klausenburg. 



245. Anser albifrons (Gmel.). 



Very rare, but has, according to Herr Buda Adam, oc- 

 curred in the country. 



246. Anser brenta (Pall.). 



Very rare, but has occurred in various parts of the country. 

 Obs. Bieltz thinks it probable that A. leucopsis, Bechst., 

 also occurs. 



247. Tadorna rutila (Pall.). 



One specimen is recorded by Bieltz as having been killed 

 on the Maros bv Herr Stetter. 



