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New York State. Formerly common transient on the Hudson 

 (Mearns, Fisher). No recent records. 



BRONX REGION. Reported several times in the Zoological 

 Garden (Crandall), but no definite record preserved. 

 New Jersey. Up to thirty years ago, of regular occurrence 

 throughout. Then practically unknown until 1915. Now uncom- 

 mon spring migrant Newark Marshes (Urner); two recent spring 

 records at Boonton (Carter). More birds seen during the spring 

 of 1922 in northern New Jersey than in the preceding twenty years 

 combined. The latest date is April 19, 1914 at Runyon (Miller). 

 Only three recent fall records, November 20, 1921, Newark Bay 

 marshes. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Formerly common (Cornelius 

 Demarest); not recorded again until April 3, 1915 (J. T. 

 Nichols and Griscom); 3 on March 31, 1917, one collected 

 (J. A. Weber); pair March 20, 1921 (Griscom); 7 on April 3, 

 1921 (Janvrin and Griscom). Seen several times in 1922, the 

 last April 6 (M. S. Crosby). An observation of 6 birds seen 

 on December 2, 1906, published in the Linnaean Society 

 Abstract of Proceedings, is regarded as unsatisfactory by its 

 author. No definite fall records until 1922; flock of 8 Octo- 

 ber 15 (Hix), and 1 on November 26 (Griscom and LaDow). 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Querquedula discor.s) 

 This species can be distinguished from other ducks by its 

 small size, and from the Green-winged Teal by the large 

 amount of light bluish gray on the fore part of the wing. 

 Its history in our area is much the same as that of its relative, 

 but it is not so uncommon on Long Island. It is even rarer, 

 on the other hand, in New Jersey and the balance of New- 

 York State, and has not as yet shown the slightest sign of in- 

 crease It is the first of the ducks to arrive in fall on Long 

 Island, and the last to arrive in spring, rare before April and 

 seldom seen after October. It is the only species for which 

 there is no winter record. 



Long Island. Not uncommon transient locally. Said to 

 have bred many years ago. (March 9) March 24 to May o; 

 (August 12) August 28 to November 12 (December 12). 



ORIENT. Occasional transient, September 10, 1910 to 

 November 24, 1915; March 9, 1909. 



