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Long Island. Common winter resident, frequently abundant 

 at the western end in severe weather. Rarely arrives in numbers 

 much before Christmas. Casual in summer. September 12 to 

 May 30. 



ORIENT. Not common winter resident, September 12, 

 1909 to April 25, 1916. Average arrival, October 1; average 

 departure, April 1. 



MASTIC. Common winter resident. 



LONG BEACH. Common winter resident, often abundant. 

 August 22, 1918 (Bicknell) to May 30, 1920 (Rogers, Granger, 

 and Janvrin). Immature birds now frequently summer 

 (Bicknell) ; August 14, 1910 (Weber), perhaps an early migrant. 

 Formerly rare before November and after April. 

 New York State. Regular in the Bay and the lower Hudson. 

 CENTRAL PARK. Casual on the reservoir, January 22, 

 1907 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. Casual winter visitant; 7 records: 6 

 on the Sound, 1 on Jerome Reservoir; December 6, 1915 (Hix) 

 to February 20, 1922 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. Rare in Newark Bay, unrecorded inland. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Uncommon on the Hudson, seldom 

 occurring above Fort Lee Ferry, December 21, 1910 (Griscom) 

 to March 7, 1910 (Griscom and LaDow). Casual on Overpeck 

 Creek, 2 records. 



HERRING GULL (Larus argentatus) 



An abundant winter resident and common non-breeding 

 summer resident on Long Island. Innumerable multitudes 

 winter near New York City. Migrants arrive from the north 

 in August. After May 10, only stragglers remain on the 

 Hudson River. Inland in New Jersey it is rare or casual. 



Long Island. Abundant winter resident, common non-breed- 

 ing summer resident, most numerous at all seasons at the western 

 end. Arrives in August and departs commonly in May. 



New York State. Present throughout the year on the Sound, 



in the harbor and on the River from early August to the end of May. 



CENTRAL PARK. Common on the reservoirs or flying 



over, August 26, 1922 (Griscom) to May 8, 1922 (Griscom). 



New Jersey. Away from the vicinity of the harbor, decreasing 



rapidly in numbers. Occasionally seen flying over at Plainfield 



