430 Messrs. C. G. Danford and J. A. Ilarvic Brown on 



2G6. Mergus serrator, L. 



Much rarer than the preceding. 



Obs. ''Anas cana." This bird, which in the ' Erdelyi Muz. 

 Egylct Evkonyvei' (vol. i. pt. 2, p. G3) is stated by Count 

 Laziir to be new to Europe, is described in ' Verhandl. und 

 Mittheil. des siebenb.Vereins fiir Naturwissenschaft' (10. Jahr- 

 gang-, p. 244) by the same author as follows : — "As large as 

 A. querquedula, but having a broader head. The head, neck, 

 and upper parts arc of a beautiful grey, like Columba palum- 

 bus ; breast, belly, and undei'parts of wings snow-white. Na- 

 tive comitry India, especially Coromandcl " In the 



spring of 1854 the author saw six of these birds at Benczencz, 

 near Broos, one of which he got with great trouble, as they 

 were extremely shy. Since then he has heard of, but not 

 seen them. 



This is of course not the well-known Anas cana, Grael., 

 from South Africa ; but the description does not enable us to 

 determine what the single example which seems to have been 

 obtained could be. There is certainly no known species from 

 "' Coromandcl " (or, indeed, anywhere in India) which agrees 

 with the Count's. The so-called " Coromandcl " Teal of 

 many authors, Nettopus coromandelianus (Gmel.), is very un- 

 like the bird described. We can only suggest that the bird 

 may have been A. marmorata. 



267. Pelecanus crispus, Bruch. Sziirke Godeny (Grey 

 Pelican) . 



Very rare. A male specimen was killed at Batiz, on the 

 Strell, in 1850, by Herr Stetter. 



268. Pelecanus onocrotalus, L. Rdzscis Godeny (Rosy 

 Pelican) . 



Rare, but has occurred at Hatzeg and at Reps, on the Alt 

 near Hermannstadt, the Maros near Deva, the Kiilkiil near 

 Schassburg, &c. The specimen in the Klausenburg Museum 

 was killed near the town. Boner (in his work, ' Transyl- 

 vania : its Products and its People'), alluding to the periods 

 of migration, says : — " At such times the Swan, the Cormo- 

 rant, and the Pelican have also been seen on the rivers ; and 



