188 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



CENTRAL PARK. Now very rare on migration, no record 

 since 1910; September 24, 1908 (Griscom) to December 25, 

 1906 (Rogers). I cannot credit the report that it nested com- 

 monly in the Park in 1886. 



BRONX REGION. A common winter resident; September 

 19, 1915 (L. N. Nichols) to April 4, 1914 (Hix). 



New Jersey. Breeds in the northwestern section. The nest has 

 been found near Newton (P. B. Philipp). Otherwise a more or less 

 common winter resident, but reported in summer near Montclair 

 (Rowland) . 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common winter resident, October 

 10, 1915 (J. M. Johnson and Rogers) to May 18, 1913 (Gris- 

 com and others). Rare after the first week in April, and does 

 not arrive in numbers until really cold weather. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Buteo lineatus) 



This Hawk is generally a common resident, and stands 

 the approach of civilization better than any other except the 

 Sparrow Hawk. It prefers the richer lowland woods to nest 

 in. It is absent from the higher hillsides in New Jersey, where 

 it is replaced by the Broad-winged Hawk, and in wilder sec- 

 tions in northern New Jersey and Long Island is replaced by 

 the Red-tail. There is no better illustration of the way three 

 related birds divide the available country between them, a 

 division which is purely ecological and not faunal. Adults 

 have reddish-brown underparts and a black tail with five to 

 six narrow white bands. They are readily identifiable. 

 Immature birds closely resemble immature Red-tails, but can 

 sometimes be determined by the absence of all the characters 

 given under that species. It should be remembered that 

 large females are almost as large as small male Red-tails. 



Long Island. Locally common resident, absent where the 

 Red-tail occurs. 



ORIENT. Probably a rare summer resident; uncommon 

 transient and winter resident; August 16 to May 2. 

 MASTIC. No record. 

 LONG BEACH. No record. 



