112 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Probably only a casual migrant and 

 winter visitant. One record on the Hudson, January 27, 1912 

 (Griscom and Hix); on Overpeck Creek, October 20, 1907 

 (Hix and Rogers); November 11, 1916 (Weber); October 20, 

 1912 (Griscom and S. V. LaDow); March 20, 1921 (Griscom); 

 April 16, 1922 (Griscom and Johnson). 



OLD-SQUAW (Harelda hyemalis) Fig. 6 

 The grotesquely shaped and strikingly patterned Old- 

 squaw is one of our commonest winter sea ducks, and is a 

 characteristic species off the ocean beaches. Its stumpy 

 body, thin neck, and long narrow wings render identification 

 easy at great distances. Away from the coast it is rare or 

 unknown. 



Long Island. Abundant winter visitant, stragglers occurring 

 in summer; October 15 to May 27. 



ORIENT. Abundant winter visitant, recorded in June, 

 July, August, and September; October 15, 1908 to May 23 

 1913; average, October 25 to May 10. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon winter visitant. 

 LONG BEACH. Common winter visitant, October 25, 1917 

 (C. H. Lott) to May 27, 1919 (Griscom and LaDow). 

 Seldom seen in May and rarely common much before Christ- 

 mas. Single birds noted June 28, 1917 and June 16, 1921 

 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Regular in the Lower Bay, and once ob- 

 served between Staten Island and the Battery. Formerly fairly 

 common on the Hudson at Ossining (Fisher) , now rare, but 23 were 

 killed in the fall of 1921 (Brandreth). Otherwise unknown. 



New Jersey. Given formerly as a rare migrant at Morristown 

 (Thurber), but there are no specimens in his collection to confirm 

 so unlikely a statement. One record for Newark Bay, January 1, 

 1922 (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Casual; small flock on the Hudson, 

 October 26, 1912 (LaDow); once on Overpeck Creek. April 

 7, 1918 (Johnson). 



HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus) 

 A rare winter visitant to the eastern end of Long Island, 

 where the coast is steep or rocky, casual elsewhere. There 



