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but in favorable places is the commoner species of the two 

 during this period. At the present time it is the scarcer 

 species inland in our area. 



Long Island. A transient, rare in spring, common in fall; 

 (April 3) April 23 to June 1; (June 24 and 27) July 4 to October 5 

 (October 28). 



ORIENT. Rare spring, not common fall transient; April 

 23, 1907 to May 23, 1905; July 12, 1912 to October 4, 1904. 



MASTIC. Rare spring, common fall transient; noted June 

 27, 1920 and June 24, 1922 as a fall migrant, also July 4, 1920 

 (Murphy and Nichols). 



LONG BEACH. Uncommon fall transient, July 7, 1921 

 (Bicknell) to September 27, 1917 (Bicknell) and October 

 18, 1917 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Formerly a fairly common fall transient at 

 Ossining (Fisher). This species seems to have decreased much 

 more than the Greater. Mr. Chapin tells me it was a rare bird on 

 Staten Island fifteen years ago, and there are no recent records 

 anywhere in our area. 



CENTRAL PARK. A lone bird observed May 11, 1910 up- 

 town (Griscom), and subsequently recorded in the Proceedings 

 of the Linnaean Society. This record should be cancelled. In 

 spite of the fact that it was observed at leisure at a distance of 

 less than fifty feet, there was no standard for size comparison 

 available. The rarity of the bird in spring, coupled with the 

 fact that its presence in the Park would be purely casual, 

 make ideal circumstances for identification absolutely essential. 

 BRONX REGION. Formerly a common fall transient on the 

 flats near Watson's Woods, July 26, 1913 (Griscom) to Sep- 

 tember 20, 1913 (Hix). Not recorded since this locality was 

 destroyed. 



New Jersey. Now known only as a very rare spring and an 

 uncommon fall transient on the Newark and Hackensack Marshes; 

 July 14, 1921 to October 9, 1921 (Urner). Reported forty years 

 ago as a common transient at Morristown (Thurber). See below 

 for Plainfield records. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare transient in the fall, July 31, 

 1920 (Griscom and LaDow) to October 15, 1922 (Hix); 

 two spring records, April 25, 1914 (F. M. Chapman) and May 

 16, 1920 (Granger, Griscom, Janvrin). In the latter case, 

 there were three birds, direct comparison in size with a Greater 



