226 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



is chiefly during the middle weeks of May and August, in 

 which months the Hummingbird reaches its maximum 

 numbers. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, May 3 to September 

 23, and casually to October 15. 



ORIENT. Uncommon summer resident, May 3, 1916 to 

 October 2, 1913. 



MASTIC. Fairly common summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Rare transient, May 24, 1914 (Mix); 

 August 26, 1917 (Bicknell) to September 17, 1914 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. A common summer resident in the country 

 districts. Probably still breeds on Staten Island. Reported as 

 late as October 3 at Ossining (Fisher). 



CENTRAL PARK. A transient, uncommon in late spring, 

 regular in August. Bred formerly. May 4, 1904 (Hix) to 

 May 28, 1910 (Griscom); August 6, 1908 (Griscom) to Sep- 

 tember 16, 1921 (Griscom). 



BRONX REGION. Bred formerly throughout, now not 

 nearer than Hastings (Granger); elsewhere an uncommon 

 transient, regular in August only; May 6, 190 (Griscom) to 

 June 2, 1919 (L. N. Nichols); August 9, 1921 (Griscom) to 

 September 22, 1921 (Griscom). 



New Jersey. A common summer resident in the rural districts, 

 scarce or absent in the suburbs. At Elizabeth, where the bird no 

 longer breeds, transients have been noted as late as June 2, 1920 

 and as early as July 28, 1918 (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare summer resident, May 3, 1914 

 (Mrs. Sumner) to September 23, 1909 (Griscom). 



KINGBIRD (Tyrannus tyrannus) Fig. 22 

 The familiar Kingbird is a common summer resident in 

 open country in our rural districts, scarcer near the suburbs 

 and on the coastal plain of Long Island. The first birds 

 arrive with the first big wave in May, usually between May 

 4 and (>. There are a few late April records, but in all such 

 cases the birds have disappeared before other individuals 

 have arrived at the normal time. The arrival of the residents 

 is completed about May 15. Transients are passing until the 

 end of May. The fall migration starts early in August, and it 



