198 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Worthington) and December 31, 1903 at Mt. Sinai (R. C. Murphy); 

 seen at Garden City, November 23, 1919 (J. T. Nichols). Mr. 

 Dutcher's Notes contain a record for February 14 for Suffolk 

 County. Unfortunately this is the only one of his dates not sup- 

 ported by a specimen. 



ORIENT. Rare transient, September 14 to May 11. (Mr. 

 Latham apparently includes the record of February 14 cited 

 above. Griscom) . 



MASTIC. Fairly common fall transient, the latest date 

 October 24, 1920; rare in spring, April 24, 1921. 



LONG BEACH. Rare spring, regular fall transient; May 4, 



1919 (Granger and Janvrin); September 5, 1910 (Hix and 



Rogers) to October 15, 1916 (Rogers), October 26, 1916 



(Bicknell), and Novembers, 1918 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Reported as a fairly common transient at 



Ossining (Fisher) . This is certainly not the case today near the City. 



CENTRAL PARK. Uncommon spring transient, one or two 



birds seen almost every year, April 24, 1922 (Griscom) to 



May 6, 1901 (S. H. Chubb); very rare in the fall, September 



24, 1913 (Hix) to October 10, 1917 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. Only two recent records; May 9, 1920 

 (L. N. Nichols); September 17, 1922 (Griscom). 

 New Jersey. An uncommon or rare spring transient, much 

 rarer in the fall. At Stag Lake, Sussex County, Mr. Justus von 

 Lengerke has shot specimens now in the Museum between Sep- 

 tember 23, 1916 and October 20, 1912. So few individuals pass 

 through in spring that an observer who is out on Sundays only is 

 more than likely to miss the bird. The greater number of records 

 are between April 28 and May 6. The earliest arrival dates before 

 me are April 13, 1919 near Elizabeth (Urner) and April 16, 1922 

 near Plainfield (Miller). The earliest of the very few fall records is 

 September 4, 1921 near Elizabeth (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare spring transient, April 17, 

 1904 (Isaac Bildersee) to May 18, 1919 (Griscom and W. T. 

 Helmuth); only one satisfactory fall record, September 22 

 1918 (Hix). 



SPARROW HAWK (Falco sparverius) 



Wherever conditions are favorable the Sparrow Hawk is a 

 common permanent resident, though its numbers are often 

 greatly reduced in winter, when it is sometimes locally 



