76 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



a winter resident, abundant in autumn, near Cornwall, a 

 rather surprising statement, as the river freezes solid in that 

 section every winter. 



Long Island. Common transient, uncommon in winter, 

 October 5, 1913 (Cold Spring Harbor, J. T. Nichols) to January 

 5; April to May 24; casual in June and July; undoubted migrants 

 sometimes appear in August and September. 



ORIENT. Irregularly common fall transient, rare in winter 

 and spring. October 27, 1911 to May 20, 1907. Average 

 arrival, November 15. Casual in August, 1920. 



MASTIC. Uncommon transient visitant; recorded August 

 3 and 16, 1919. 



LONG BEACH. Irregularly common spring and fall tran- 

 sient, frequent in mid winter; September 23, 1920 (Bicknell) 

 and October 9, 1910 (Griscom) to January 5, 1913 (Griscom); 

 April 10, 1916 (Hix) to May 24, 1914 (Hix) and June 2, 1921 

 (Bicknell). Also recorded July 28, 1921 and August 11, 1921 

 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Very rare or casual in our area, except in 

 the lower bay. 



BRONX REGION. Very rare; two records, December 27, 

 1913 (Hix) and February 9, 1922 (L. N. Nichols). 



New Jersey. Rare in Newark Bay, August 20, 1922 and 

 November 6, 1921 to January 15, 1922, and April 15, 1922 to May 

 13, 1922 (Urner); casual or unknown elsewhere. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Very rare: twice Hudson River, 

 April 3, 1921 and April 22, 1922, a single bird each time 

 (Griscom, Janvrin, and LaDow); twice on Overpeck Creek, 

 April 5, 1913 (Griscom) and April 21, 1910 (Griscom). 



LITTLE GULL (Larus minutus) 



Accidental visitant from northern Europe. Two Long 

 Island records, Fire Island, September 15, 1887 and Rocka- 

 way, May 10, 1902. 



SABINE'S GULL (Xema sabini) 



Accidental visitant. Two Long Island records; Raynor 

 South, July, 1837 and Gardiner's Bay, October 6, 1899. 



