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MASTIC. November 2, 1919, fairly common. 

 New York State. Formerly a common winter resident on the 

 Hudson (Mearns, 1881); a rare transient in March at Ossining 

 (Fisher). Collected on Staten Island, November 2, 1908 (Chapin). 

 Now very rare. 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual, November 17 to 23, 1921 (Gris- 

 com and Laidlaw Williams). 



BRONX REGION. Casual on the Jerome Reservoir, March 

 17 and 20, 1914 (Chubb, Miller, Rogers); February 20, 1915 

 (J. M. Johnson). 



New Jersey. Formerly a rare transient at Morristown 

 (Thurber, 1887); rare at Summit (Hann, 1905). Mr. Chas. A. 

 Urner has the following records for Newark Bay; March 5, 1921; 

 November 12 and 20, 1921; February 25 to March 22, 1922; he 

 knows of only one record in the preceding 20 years. One record on 

 the Boonton Reservoir (Carter). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Formerly , a common transient 

 (Chapman, from notes of Cornelius Demarest made prior 

 to 1880). No other records until March 28, 1920 (Griscom and 

 Janvrin) and March 6, 1921 (Griscom and Granger), both on 

 Overpeck Creek. 



MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos) 



Even in Giraud's day the Mallard was not regarded as a 

 common duck on Long Island, where it is still a regular 

 transient in small numbers at the eastern end, but much rarer 

 at the western end. Twenty-five years ago it was an event 

 to record this species near New York City, but thanks to the 

 abolition of spring shooting, it is now seen annually in spring- 

 in favorable places in northern New Jersey, such as the Over- 

 peck marshes in the Englewood region. Tame birds, originat- 

 ing from the Zoological Garden, now occur throughout the 

 year in Van Cortlandt Park, on the Bronx River, etc., and 

 must not be confused with really wild birds. In our region the 

 Mallard almost invariably associates with the Black Duck, 

 as a rule a few pairs at most mingling with their abundant 

 relative. Drakes cannot be overlooked by their general 

 light gray effect and absence of conspicuous white wing- 

 patches: females are light chocolate brown with a white wing 



