168 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



scattered over a mud-flat, or flying by in long lines uttering 

 their sad musical call, which is suggestive of a Bluebird's. 

 The last ten years has witnessed a marked increase, especially 

 in the spring, and flocks containing many hundred birds can 

 be seen annually at Long Beach the last week in May. The 

 bird is strictly maritime, and is rare or casual inland in our 

 area. 



Long Island. Common transient; April 30 to June 20; (July 

 1) July 11 to November 12 (November 26). Rare before the middle 

 of May and in July. 



ORIENT. Common transient; May 14, 1902 to June 10, 

 1908; July 4, 1909 to November 8, 1910. 

 MASTIC. Fairly common transient. 



LONG BEACH. Common transient; April 23, 1916 (Bick- 

 nell) and May 5, 1918 (Janvrin) to June 23, 1921 (Bicknell) 

 and July 3, 1919 (Bicknell); July 7, 1921 (Bicknell) to 

 November 26, 1917 (Griscom and J. T. Nichols). 

 New York State. Regular transient formerly on the bay shore 

 of Staten Island (Chapin). Accidental at Ossining (Fisher). 



New Jersey. Mr. Chas. A. Urner has one spring and two fall 

 records on the Newark Bay marshes, but reported there as regular 

 in fall by local gunners. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. According to local gunners, of 

 regular occurrence in the fall on Overpeck Creek, though they 

 call it the Golden Plover. Possibly one or two immature birds 

 occur each season. Three birds shot October 2, 1909 by a 

 local gunner; another shot October 21, 1916 (Weber). 



GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius dominions) 

 In Giraud's day this famous game bird was a common 

 transient both in spring and fall on Long Island. By 1882, 

 when Mr. Dutcher started his notes, it had greatly decreased. 

 He obtained only two spring records, and in the fall recorded 

 several " flights" which took place with high on-shore winds. 

 Such " flights" occurred in 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1893. 

 In these cases good sized flocks were noted. In recent years 

 " flights" have been reported, but if the lucky observer sees 

 half a dozen birds he calls it a " flight," or if several observers 



