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entirely indifferent to brackish water, but is less frequently 

 seen in pure salt marsh. It sometimes puts down in swamps, 

 and I have even flushed it from bayberry thickets on a dry 

 hillside. It flies away with a peculiarly erratic, zig-zag 

 flight, uttering a harsh "scape," and the long bill and boldly 

 striped appearance above render it unmistakable. Crippled 

 birds are reported to have nested many years ago near 

 Chatham, N. J. (Herrick), and a nest was more recently 

 found near Newfoundland, N. J., by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, 

 which is probably a genuine breeding record. Careful 

 search may show that the Snipe breeds in locally favorable 

 places in northwestern New Jersey. As a migrant the 

 species is rare before April 1 and after May 1. In the fall it 

 normally arrives with frosty weather in early September and 

 lingers until its haunts are frozen, so that it is occasional in 

 winter, especially on Long Island. 



Long Island. Common transient; occasional in winter. 

 March 12 to May 23; (July 10) August 6 to December 5; most 

 numerous in October. 



ORIENT. Usually rare, sometimes common transient, 

 frequently seen in winter; March 12, 1904 to May 23, 1914; 

 August 15, 1919 to December 5, 1918. 



MASTIC. Fairly common transient, once in winter; noted 

 as late as May 11, 1918; also July 17, 1920 and July 10, 1921. 

 LONG BEACH. Casual during migration; three fall records, 

 September 22, 1921 to December 1, 1921 (Bicknell); four 

 spring records, April 5, 1917 to April 21, 1921 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Still a fairly common transient wherever 

 suitable marshes exist. Recorded as early as March 21, 1915 on 

 Staten Island (Cleaves). 



BRONX REGION. Now a very rare transient, formerly com- 

 mon; October 8, 1911 (Griscom and LaDow) to October 31, 

 1910 (Hix); March 30, 1919 (Clarke L. Lewis); one winter 

 record at Riverdale, February 24, 1880 (E. P. Bicknell). 

 New Jersey. Still a fairly common transient throughout in 

 favorable country. For breeding data, see above. Earliest fall 

 arrival August 19, 1921 on the Newark Marshes (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common transient; March 17, 

 1904 (R. S. Lemmon) to May 17, 1914 (Griscom, Johnson, 



