42 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



a. Orient Region. This Region includes the township 

 of Southold from Laurel to Orient Point and Gardiner's 

 Island. Mr. Roy Latham had prepared a report, based on 

 his many years' observation up to January, 1921, for future 

 publication, and has kindly permitted the Linnsean Society 

 to use the important data it contains. The extraordinary 

 abundance and variety of bird-life at Orient has already been 

 made famous by Mr. Latham through his Christmas Censuses 

 in Bird-Lore. Mr. Latham's report is here published 

 practically verbatim. He records 283 species, and supplies 

 much new information and many new records, hitherto 

 unpublished. He is the authority for all statements and 

 records not otherwise credited. 



b. Mastic Region. An area of about five square miles 

 situated on the south shore about the center of the island. 

 The bird-life is typical of the coastal plain where untouched 

 by summer resorts or tourist centers. The list is chiefly the 

 intermittent observations of Mr. J. T. Nichols during the past 

 twenty-five years, and he is responsible for all statements and 

 records. Migration dates are of no particular significance in 

 this locality and are largely omitted. A total of 227 species is 

 recorded. 



c. Long Beach. The nearest place to New York City 

 where the bird-life of the seacoast can be studied to advan- 

 tage. Its peculiar interest and value as a station, however, 

 lies in the records for land-birds. The observations at Long 

 Beach prove conclusively that the outer beaches are a migra- 

 tory highway to some extent even for characteristically wood- 

 land birds. There is not a single tree on the beach, which 

 boasts a few small patches of bay-berry as its best cover. 

 Nevertheless most of the land-birds of Long Island have been 

 recorded. Over one hundred species have been recorded in 

 the shrubbery of one of the summer cottages, known to local 

 students as the " Oasis." Long Beach is, therefore, one of our 

 two stations for determining the extent of the migration of 



