58 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual on the Reservoir, December 27, 

 1909 (Rogers); December 25, 1919 (L. N. Nichols); January 

 1, 1922 (L. N. Nichols). 



BRONX REGION. Rare visitor on the Sound, casual on 

 Jerome Reservoir, not recorded from the Hudson since 1880. 

 Only three recent records, January 15, 1916 and January 19, 

 1919 (L. N. Nichols); March 19, 1914 (Jerome Reservoir, 

 Hix). 



New Jersey. Rare on Newark Bay, few records elsewhere 

 inland, but data from the larger lakes are lacking. A regular 

 migrant on the Reservoir at Boonton (Carter). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Very rare transient. On the Hudson 

 River, October 27, 1909 (Griscom); Overpeck Creek, October 

 31, 1909, specimen taken (Weber); April 3, 1921 (Griscom and 

 Janvrin). 



PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps) 



This is preeminently our fresh-water Grebe, and prefers 

 marshes, ponds, and sluggish streams, where aquatic vegeta- 

 tion is abundant. It does not object to salt water, but is 

 rarely seen in the open, deep water of our bays, and seldom if 

 ever in the ocean itself. The note of this bird strongly sug- 

 gests the cow-cow-cow call of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, but is 

 very loud and sonorous. Much work remains to be done to 

 settle its status in our area as a summer resident. 



An irregular migrant, normally uncommon especially in 

 spring, and less common on Long Island than in northern 

 New Jersey and the Hudson Valley. Flights occasionally 

 occur, as in the spring of 1921, when the species is commonly 

 observed throughout the area. Most often seen in April and 

 late October. Very rare in winter after December 1. Status 

 as a summer resident in doubt. Reported as breeding on 

 Long Island by Giraud, at Lake Hopatcong (Rhoads), rarely 

 near Morristown (Thurber), but no definite records existed 

 until 1906, when a colony was found nesting in the Newark 

 marshes by Messrs. Abbott, Hann, and Callender, which con- 

 tained at least five pairs. This colony is now destroyed. A 



