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WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons gambeli) 

 An accidental visitant from the West. Five specimens 

 have been taken on Long Island in October, November, 

 and March, and Mr. Arthur H. Helme reports a flock of 

 eleven near Miller's Place, April 5, 1883. The generally gray 

 color of this Goose, and the white belly, make it readily identifi- 

 able in life. 



CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) 



Thanks to its wariness the Wild Goose is still a common 

 bird on Long Island, and may occasionally be seen flying high 

 overhead almost anywhere inland. Few people are insen- 

 sible to the charm of the wedge-shaped flock, honking sonor- 

 ously as they wing their way northward, bound for some 

 remote and unknown destination. 



Long Island. Common transient, regularly wintering locally; 

 February 15 to May 7 (May 16, 1921, Easthampton, W. T. Hel- 

 muth, Jr.); (September 8) October 1 to January. 



ORIENT. Common transient; irregular, sometimes common 

 in winter. October 4, 1913 to May 5, 1915; average October 

 10 to April 22. 



MASTIC. Fairly common winter visitant. 

 LONG BEACH. Fairly common transient, frequently 

 wintering, sometimes in numbers, as in 1911 to 1912 and 1913 

 to 1914. October 7, 1918 (C. H. Lott) to May 7, 1922 (Hix), 

 May 17, 1914 (Bicknell) and May 29, 1919 (M. S. Crosby); 

 earliest spring arrival February 15, 1917 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Occasionally seen flying overhead, seldom 

 alighting; no longer common on the Hudson. 



CENTRAL PARK. Now very rarely seen flying over. May 2, 

 1899 (Chubb); May 18, 1900 (Chubb); October 11, 1904 

 (Hix); November 21, 1918 (Chubb). 



BRONX REGION. Rare transient, seldom alighting. October 

 9, 1915 (Hix and L. N. Nichols) to December 22, 1909 (Gris- 

 com and LaDow); March 13, 1915 and March 15, 1920 (E. 

 G. and L. N. Nichols). 



New Jersey. Still regular transient, but seldom alighting, 

 throughout our area. Fairly common at Montclair (Rowland); 

 regular at Boonton (Carter); uncommon on Newark Bay (Urner). 



