  We show that the reductions modulo primes $p\le x$ of the elliptic curve $$
  Y^2 = X^3 + f(a)X + g(b), $$ behave as predicted by the Lang-Trotter and
Sato-Tate conjectures, on average over integers $a \in [-A,A]$ and $b \in
[-B,B]$ for $A$ and $B$ reasonably small compared to $x$, provided that $f(T),
g(T) \in \Z[T]$ are not powers of another polynomial over $\Q$. For $f(T) =
g(T) = T$ first results of this kind are due to E. Fouvry and M. R. Murty and
have been further extended by other authors. Our technique is different from
that of E. Fouvry and M. R. Murty which does not seem to work in the case of
general polynomials $f$ and $g$.
