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BRONX REGION. Uncommon summer resident, decreas- 

 ing; no midwinter records; March 13, 1919 (L. N. Nichols) 

 to November 15, 1916 (L. N. Nichols) and January 3, 1919 

 (C. L. Lewis and E. G. Nichols). 



New Jersey. Absent in the heavily wooded areas of the 

 northwestern sections, locally uncommon in the suburban districts, 

 otherwise a common summer resident. The earliest spring arrival 

 date before me is March 2, 1919 near Plainfield (Miller). There 

 are scarcely any midwinter records. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Uncommon summer resident, com- 

 mon in spring, often abundant in fall; March 13, 1921 (Gris- 

 com and Janvrin) to December 5, 1915 (J. T. Nichols) and 

 December 25, 1902 (Chapman) 



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phoeniceus) 

 A summer resident distributed throughout this territory, 

 abundant in the larger coastal marshes, and present in every 

 small swamp or marsh. The bird arrives anywhere from the 

 middle of February to the middle of March, depending upon 

 the season. Inland it is rarely seen after November 15, but in 

 the coastal marshes lingers frequently till Christmas, and is by 

 no means rare in midwinter. Observation in Central Park 

 shows that transients are passing through until the middle 

 of May and rarely arrive before April 10. 



Long Island. Abundant summer resident, February 19 to 

 November 15 (December 25). 



ORIENT. Common summer resident, occasional in winter, 

 February 21, 1912 to November 20, 1912; average arrival 

 March 1. 



MASTIC. Abundant summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. A summer resident, February 24, 1921 (C. 

 H. Lott) to November 27, 1918 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Abundant summer resident. 



CENTRAL PARK. Rather rare transient in spring, most of 

 the records single females in late April or early May; March 

 22, 1910 (Anne A. Crolius) and April 10, 1912 (Griscom) to 

 May 15, 1915 (Hix); seldom alighting in the fall, August 25 

 1913 (Griscom) and October 29, 1907 (Griscom) to December 

 7, 1901 (Rogers). Flocks of Blackbirds are constantly passing 



