ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 131 



Long Island. Common summer resident. April 7 to October 

 13, casually to November 1. Rare before April 20. 



PH ORIENT. Common summer resident, April 22, 1917 to 

 November 1, 1908. Average, April 28 to October 5. 

 MASTIC. Common summer resident. 



LONG BEACH. Present throughout the summer, as it 

 breeds nearby; April 7, 1917 (Janvrin) to October 12, 1917 

 (Bicknell) ; rarely seen in April.. 



New York State. Still to be found nesting in the less settled 

 portions of the area, regular on migration throughout. 



CENTRAL PARK. A regular but uncommon transient, seen 

 every spring and fall. April 25, 1921 (Granger) to May 29, 

 1909 (Griscom); August 11, 1913 (Griscom) to September 26, 

 1921 (Griscom). 



BRONX REGION. Now a local summer resident, regular in 

 migration. April 18, 1917 (L. N. Nichols) to October 12, 1911 

 (Wiegmann and Rogers). 



New Jersey. Common summer resident throughout. Noted 



April 9, 1922 and October 12, 1917 in the Newark Marshes (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common summer resident, April 



13, 1913 (Griscom and N. F. Lenssen) to September 24, 1887 



(Chapman). 



BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax naevius) 



This species is common on Long Island and in all the 

 coastal marshes, but inland occurs only as an uncommon 

 migrant or local summer resident. Its usual habit is to nest 

 in large rookeries. Such are unknown in our area at the 

 present time, and it is probable that the birds now breed at 

 least in smaller aggregations as a matter of safety. The 

 harsh " quawk" of the Night Heron is often heard from the 

 sky at night, and cannot be mistaken for the note of any other 

 bird. Immature birds are sometimes mistaken for Bitterns. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, rare in winter. No 

 large rookeries now known. In fact the nesting of the Night Heron 

 is something of a mystery. The few small nesting colonies located 

 do not account for the multitudes in every marsh on the island. 

 (March 16) April 6 to October 20 (December 1). 



