144 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Long Island. Rare or uncommon transient, April 30 to June 

 5; August to November 28. An exceedingly early specimen, 

 previously unrecorded, taken March 25, 1913 at Shelter Island by 

 W. W. Worthington, now in the Dwight Collection. 

 MASTIC. One record. 



LONG BEACH. One shot in November 1890 (N. T. Law- 

 rence) ; an adult female in full plumage on June 3, 1922 was 



watched "for 20 minutes at from 20 to 50 feet the bird 



had been wounded and was unable to stand, alternately flying 

 and coming to rest on its breast'' (Charles Johnston). 

 New York State. Casual at Ossining, October 14, 1919, 

 specimen taken by Courtenay Brandreth, and presented to the 

 American Museum. 



New Jersey. Casual; one shot on the Hackensack River, June 

 27, 1863 by C. C. Abbott. 



NORTHERN PHALAROPE (Lobipes lobatus) Fig. 12 

 This species occurs on the coast much more frequently 

 than the Red Phalarope. When such a bird is found, it is 

 usually riding lightly on the water, instead of standing on the 

 shore with other Sandpipers. Compared with species of its 

 own size, it is much slenderer in build, with a longer neck and 

 slenderer bill than any Sandpiper. It is usually exceedingly 

 tame. 



Long Island. Fairly common transient; (April 2) April 27 

 to June 3; August 5 to October 22. 



ORIENT. One record, September 27, 1908. 

 MASTIC. Fairly common transient. 



LONG BEACH. One record, September 4, 1921 (Friedmann). 

 New York State. Shot once, seen about six times in the last 

 fifteen years near Ossining (Brandreth). 



BRONX REGION. Casual; one record, August 26, 1911, on 

 the flats near Watson's Woods at West Farms (Hix), a locality 

 since destroyed. 



WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Steganopus tricolor) 

 This species of the western plains has occurred too often 

 on Long Island to be regarded as accidental, but is certainly 

 one of our rarest and most irregular fall transients. There is 



