220 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



November 26, 1914 (J. T. Nichols) and Decembers, 1910 (Hix). 

 A pair bred on the Englewood Golf Club grounds in 1919 

 and 1920 (Chapman); also several pairs in 1919 on a golf 

 club grounds near Tenafly (Chapman). Both localities are 

 well known and unchanged for years. 



RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Centurus carolinus) 

 In Giraud's day this handsome and noisy Woodpecker was 

 apparently a "not very abundant" resident on Long Island, 

 but has long since deserted this region, and is now an acciden- 

 tal visitant from the South. There are three specimens from 

 Long Island, the last taken in 1895. The only record for our 

 area in New Jersey is a specimen taken at Newton, November 

 16, 1889. The writer saw an adult male in Central Park on 

 April 30 and May 1, 1909. He was thoroughly familiar with 

 the species in life previously, and discovered the bird by 

 recognizing its characteristic call. On the first day especially 

 it was observed at leisure. 



NORTHERN FLICKER (Colaptes auratus luteus) 

 The Flicker is an abundant and well-known summer 

 resident. It winters regularly on Long Island, but more 

 rarely inland. The average spring arrival is March 15 to 

 20, the fall departure during November. 



Long Island. Abundant summer resident, regular but un- 

 common in winter; March 14 to November 29. 



ORIENT. Formerly abundant summer resident, now un- 

 common; frequent in winter. 



MASTIC. Common summer resident, uncommon in winter. 

 LONG BEACH. Chiefly a transient but recorded throughout 

 the year except June and early July ; scarcer than formerly and 

 no recent winter records; March 24, 1921 (Bicknell) to May 

 26, 1918 (J. M. Johnson); July 20 to August 18, 1921 (Bick- 

 nell); September 2, 1920 (Bicknell) to December 2, 1917 

 (Griscom). 

 New York State. 



CENTRAL PARK. Common transient, a few remaining to 

 breed; March 3, 1901 (Chubb) the earliest spring arrival 



