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ENGLEWOOD REGION. Fairly common transient. April 30, 

 1917 (Rogers) to May 18, 1913 (Griscom, LaDow, Lenssen); 

 August 14, 1921 (Bernard Fread), to October 2, 1904 (Hix and 

 Parmelee). 



WILLET (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) 

 In Giraud's day the Willet was apparently a common 

 visitor to Long Island, and may have bred, though evidence 

 is lacking. More recently it was known as a very rare spring 

 and irregular fall transient, and various theories were evolved 

 to account for it. The most popular of these was that like 

 the Egret it wandered north after the breeding season in 

 search of feeding grounds. The value of this theory is con- 

 siderably impugned by the recent discovery that the bird 

 breeds quite commonly in parts of Nova Scotia. Its scarcity 

 is easily accounted for by the relatively small number of birds 

 breeding north of Long Island. The large size of the Willet, 

 its striking black and white wing pattern, and vociferous cries 

 render it unmistakable. 



Long Island. Rare spring, uncommon fall transient. April 

 29 to June 5; July 4 to September 16. 



ORIENT. Rare fall transient, July 10, 1920 to September 8, 

 1913. 



MASTIC. Uncommon transient. 



LONG BEACH. Uncommon fall transient, two spring 

 records; June 5, 1921 (Hix and Janvrin) and June 15, 1922 

 (Bicknell); July 16, 1914 (Bicknell) to August 29, 1915 (Bick- 

 nell). Mr. Bicknell writes that a few are observed in late 

 summer nearly every year. 



WESTERN WILLET (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus) 



The western race of the Willet has never been definitely 

 recorded from New York State, though Chapman and Eaton 

 both suspected its probable occurrence. It is possible that 

 the August flights may in part be this subspecies, whose 

 status on Long Island is probably, though not positively, 

 the same as the Long-billed Dowitcher. At least this infer- 



