132 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



ORIENT. Common summer resident, occasionally winters. 

 March 16, 1902 to November 21, 1920. Average April 6 to 

 October 25. 



MASTIC. Common summer resident. 



LONG BEACH. Common in the marshes all summer; April 

 28, 1921 (Bicknell) to October 30, 1921 (Janvrin and Johnston) . 

 New York State. No definite breeding colony known, but 

 found all summer in the coastal marshes. 



CENTRAL PARK. Regular transient, April 16, 1917 (Jan- 

 vrin) to June 2, 1913 (Hix); August 4, 1908 (Griscom) to 

 October 17, 1904 (Hix). One old December record many years 

 ago (Woodruff and Paine) ; occasionally found roosting in the 

 Park during the summer. 



BRONX REGION. Now a common permanent resident. In 

 recent years increasing numbers of these birds have wintered 

 around the lake in the Zoological Garden. No definite breed- 

 ing colony known, but found throughout the summer in the 

 marshes along the Sound. 



New Jersey. Common near the coast, decreasing inland, and 

 rare or unknown in the hill country of the northern and western 

 counties. I do not know whether the old rookeries near Morristown 

 and Summit still exist. A colony of 50 pairs located in 1922 near 

 Boonton (Carter). Another rookery near Picton (Miller). Earliest 

 arrival March 22, 1922 in the Newark Marshes (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Uncommon transient visitant, and 

 recorded in summer. April 5, 1914 (Bowdish) to November 8, 

 1914 (Rogers); also December 3, 1915 (R. S. Lemmon). No 

 definite breeding colony known. 



YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (Nyctanassa violacea) 

 A casual visitant from the South. Eaton cites four speci- 

 mens taken on Long Island, chiefly in April. There are two 

 additional sight records of adult birds, which are unmistak- 

 able in life; another specimen, previously unrecorded, was 

 shot July 7, 1902 at Coney Island by A. Finck and presented 

 to this Museum ; there is also a specimen in the Dwight col- 

 lection, shot on Shelter Island July 31, 1903 by W. W. 

 Worthington. 



OBIENT REGION. Three records. Specimen taken in the 

 fall about 1892; one observed May 4 to 7, 1905, and another 

 April 9, 1912. 



