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ORIENT. Rare and local summer resident; less rare as a 

 transient; rare in winter; August 28 to May 20. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon at all seasons. 



LONG BEACH. Very rare on migration; one shot September 

 1, 1890 (J. D. Foot); September 8, 1921, September 29, 1921, 

 and November 24, 1921 (Bicknell). 



New York State. No longer nesting except possibly in north- 

 ern Westchester County; uncommon or rare as a transient; rare 

 in winter. 



CENTRAL PARK. Very rare transient; May 17, 1917 (Jan- 

 vrin); October 3, 1921 (Griscom) to November 7, 1904 (Hix); 

 only five records in the last eighteen years. 



BRONX REGION. Uncommon transient, rare in winter; 

 March 18, 1918 (C. L. Lewis) to May 30, 1917 (Janvrin); 

 September 11, 1917 (C. L. Lewis) to December 25, 1916 (L. 

 N. Nichols); January 30, 1915 (Hix). 



New Jersey. Relatively, a fairly common summer resident in 

 the wilder section, absent near the City; a common transient in 

 the hills of the extreme northwest (von Lengerke), uncommon 

 elsewhere; rare in winter. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Uncommon transient, rare in winter; 

 March 18, 1911 (Griscom) to May 30, 1916 (Bowdish); August 

 20, 1887 (Chapman) to November 14, 1910 (Griscom and 

 LaDow). 



GOSHAWK (Astur atricapillus) 



The Goshawk is one of our very rarest and most irregular 

 winter visitants. Fierce, bold, and powerful, it is a scourge of 

 game, poultry and our smaller birds, and from this point of 

 view its local rarity is a blessing. In no other case is the col- 

 lecting of the specimen as proof of a record so positively 

 beneficial. The adult is said to have a paler and more uni- 

 form tone than any other Hawk except the Marsh Hawk, 

 and this is regarded as a reliable field character. At close 

 range the black cap and auricular patch separated by the 

 white superciliary stripe, are distinctive. The immature bird 

 cannot be told from a Cooper's Hawk unless carefully meas- 

 ured. It is true that a large female is much larger than a 

 Cooper's Hawk, but the local rarity of the bird makes its 



