236 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



specimens have been taken, and the bird is seldom identified, 

 as it rarely sings on migration. The song is less harsh and 

 abrupt than that of the others, which usually suggest a 

 sneeze. Syllabifications are scarcely satisfactory, but the 

 Alder says phe-be-o or great de-al. The accent is always on 

 the middle syllable. The Acadian has two songs, both violent 

 sneezes. One of two syllables has the accent on the first. 

 Another of three has the accent on the last. The well-known 

 song of the Least Flycatcher has two syllables with the accent 

 on the last. 



Long Island. Rare transient; two spring records in late May; 

 specimens have been taken from late August (birds striking Fire 

 Island Light) to September 16, 1907 at Mt. Sinai (Murphy). 



ORIENT. August 1, 1910. [Unless the specimen was col- 

 lected, this record cannot be regarded as positive. L. G.] 

 MASTIC. No definite record. 



LONG BEACH. Two records based on singing birds; May 

 29, 1915 (Bicknell) and May 26, 1918 (Janvrin and J. M. 

 Johnson). 



New York State. Reported at Ossining as a rare transient, 

 May 19 to May 31 and August 29 (Fisher). Specimens now in the 

 Dwight Collection struck the Statue of Liberty, September 8, 1890 

 and September 26, 1889. 



CENTRAL PARK. Miss Anne A. Crolius informed me that in 

 early June about 1904 she positively identified a singing Alder 

 Flycatcher. On two occasions in May I have had excellent 

 studies of birds which were probably this species. 



BRONX REGION. Only one definite record of a singing bird, 

 May 30, 1915 (Rogers). 



New Jersey. A local summer resident in the deeper alder 

 swamps, scattered in Sussex, Warren and northern Passaic Coun- 

 ties, south to the Great Swamp near Chatham (Miller and others), 

 Ash Swamp near Plainfield (Miller and others), and the swamps 

 west of Elizabeth (Urner). Elsewhere it is a rare transient and is 

 without exception the latest of the land birds, most of the records 

 in early June. The earliest arrival date near Elizabeth is May 21, 

 but Mr. Miller informs me that he has seen the bird earlier than 

 this near Plainfield, and there is a very early one for Englewood. 



