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Long Island. There is only one definite record for the south 

 shore of Long Island, a specimen taken October 15, 1904 off 

 Amagansett by G. H. Mulford, now in the Dwight collection. 



ORIENT. Rare, irregular visitant in fall and winter. Not 

 recorded in several years. September 24, 1888 (Little Gull 

 Island, specimen taken) to February 24, 1911. 



LONG BEACH. One seen October 12, 1917 (Bicknell). 

 Several years ago G. E. Hix saw a Cormorant "with 

 mostly white underparts," which must have been this species, 

 but he was unfortunately unacquainted with its distinguish- 

 ing characters at the time. 



DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax auritus) 

 A common migrant on the coast, the height of the migra- 

 tion in late May and October. Very rare in winter, casual in 

 summer. Casual on the Hudson River and elsewhere inland. 

 Long Island. Common transient, March 31 to June 29; 

 August 10 to Dec. 14. Occasional in mid-summer, July 12, 

 1911 off Rockaway (Griscom); very rare in winter. 



ORIENT. Common transient, occasional in summer. A 

 record or two in winter. August 28, 1913 (average September 

 10) to November 22, 1919 (average November 12); spring 

 arrival April 6, 1905 to May 2, 1910; departure May 10, 1916 

 to June 10, 1912. December 9, 1918. 

 MASTIC. Common transient. 



LONG BEACH. Common transient; March 31, 1912 (Gris- 

 com) to June 27, 1919 (Bicknell); August 10, 1919 (Bicknell 

 and Crosby) to December 14, 1913 (Griscom). Very rare in 

 winter, January 7, 1920 (Janvrin). 



New York State. Casual on the Hudson, Ossining, June 22, 

 1876 (Fisher). Mr. Brandreth has seen four single birds there in 

 recent years, and knows of another captured in a fish-weir. 



New Jersey. Casual at Littleton, Morris Co., October 1880 

 (Thurber). 



WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 

 In colonial times the White Pelican was apparently of 

 regular occurrence in the Northeast. It is now purely acci- 

 dental. There is an old specimen taken in Canarsie Bay many 

 years ago in the collection of the Long Island Historical 



