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is common, the ear grows weary of its perpetual outcry, which 

 continues night and day. 



Long Island. Fairly common transient, locally, rare else- 

 where; recorded in every month of the year; breeding locally on 

 the Hempstead Plains, and definitely recorded also at Orient and 

 Long Beach. February 23 to May 30; July 4 to December 14. 



ORIENT. Rare summer resident at Orient. Elsewhere a 

 rare visitant, occurring at any season of the year. Transients 

 usually arrive from February 25, 1907 to March 20, 1910. 

 MASTIC. Uncomon fall transient, earliest July 4, 1919. 

 LONG BEACH. Uncommon transient, chiefly in fall; 

 February 23, 1913 (Hix); May 30, 1920 (Granger, Janvrin, 

 Rogers); August 16, 1914 (Hix and Rogers) to December 8, 

 1921 (Bicknell). A. pair bred in 1920 and raised young (Bick- 

 nell). 



New York State. Rare transient on Staten Island (Chapin), a 

 pair found nesting for several seasons (Cleaves). In West Chester 

 County a rare transient, no definite breeding record. 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual, one record, September 3, 1884 

 (E. T. Adney). 



BRONX REGION. Breeds at Clason Point, otherwise scarce, 

 recorded in every month of the year. March 22, 1914 (Kieran) 

 to May 26, 1917 (Chubb); August 9, 1921 (Griscom) to No- 

 vember 28, 1912 (Hix). 



New Jersey. Common summer resident throughout, to a 



line running about twenty miles west of the Hudson. East of that 



line rare and local both as a transient and summer resident. Locally 



common in the Plainfield region (Miller) and near Elizabeth (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Uncommon transient, February 7, 



1915 (R. S. Lemmon) and March 19, 1914 (R. S. Lemmon) to 



April 5, 1914 (Griscom); August 7, 1912 (J. T. Nichols) to 



December 1, 1916 (Weber). A pair has bred for several years 



in a field west of West Englewood. 



SEMIPALMATED PLOVER; RINGNECK (Aegialitis semipalmata) 

 The Ringneck is one of our most abundant Shore-birds. 

 During May and August it is almost impossible to avoid 

 seeing it on the mud-flats of the outer beaches, and I have 

 seen a thousand birds scattered over the famous Gilgo 

 Flats. The plaintive double-noted call is characteristic. 



