74 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Long Island. Now common on Long Island Sound; elsewhere 

 a not uncommon and regular transient, most numerous in Sep- 

 tember. April 26, 1913, Rockaway Point (J. T. Nichols and W. 

 H. Wiegmann) to June 2; June 30, 1918 (Mastic) to October 12; 

 October 28, 1880 (W. W. Cooke); an occasional bird through June, 

 and the species may be found breeding in the near future. 



ORIENT. Increasing summer visitant. May 23, 1917 to 

 October 12, 1914. Formerly bred. 



MASTIC. Uncommon transient visitant. 

 LONG BEACH. Formerly very rare, now a regular transient 

 in May and September. April 29, 1916 (J. T. Nichols) to 

 June 2, 1918 (Janvrin); September 1, 1919 (Bicknell, Crosby) 

 to September 22, 1921 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Common in the harbor and the lower 

 Hudson in the fall of 1921 and 1922; also common both seasons 

 in Haverstraw Bay (Brandreth) ; has occurred every fall in recent 

 years up to the middle of September. 



BRONX REGION. One record, October 17, 1921 (L. N. 

 Nichols). 



New Jersey. Reported as common in Newark Bay from 

 August 19 to November 6, 1921, never previously recorded (Urner); 

 also abundant there in 1922. Thurber lists this species as "not 

 uncommon in early spring" at Morristown. This remarkable 

 statement is not supported by specimens in his collection, and is too 

 improbable to be credited. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Two records; two birds on the 

 Hudson just off the Englewood Ferry slip, September 25, 1921 

 (Griscom); also four birds September 17, 1922 in same locality 

 (Griscom and LaDow). 



BONAPARTE'S GULL (Larus Philadelphia) 

 This, the smallest of our Gulls, is readily distinguished by 

 its size, its rapid, graceful flight, and the large amount of 

 white in the primaries. It is a common fall transient, less so 

 in spring, and decidedly uncommon in midwinter. It is 

 decidedly irregular in the time of its appearance, one year 

 common in November, and another year occurring chiefly 

 in late December. It is of regular occurrence in the Lower 

 Bay, but is now very rare on the lower Hudson. Fisher called 

 it a rather rare transient at Ossining years ago, and Mearns 



