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paralleled by that of the Turkey Vulture. As a transient it is rare 



in spring and unrecorded in fall. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. A pair breeds at Nordhoff (Chap- 

 man and Griscom) and near Demarest (Bowdish); almost un- 

 known as a transient, no fall records; May 6, 1888 (Chapman) 

 to August 6, 1887 (Chapman). 



BALTIMORE ORIOLE (Icterus galbula) 



A common and familiar summer resident throughout the 

 settled and cultivated sections of the territory, sometimes 

 found in the depths of the woods during migration. It arrives 

 with great regularity on the first May wave, and departs 

 about the middle of September. Of accidental occurrence in 

 winter. Dates only given below. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, April 28 to Sep- 

 tember 7, casually to October 7 and October 25; one recorded in 

 Prospect Park, November 25, 1909 (E. Fleischer). 



ORIENT. May 1, 1914 to September 14, 1914; average 

 May 7 to September 8. 



LONG BEACH. Rare transient; May 8, 1919 (Bicknell) 

 to May 20, 1920 (Bicknell); September 1, 1919 (Bicknell) to 

 September 21, 1916 (Bicknell); over ten birds on September 

 2, 1920 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. 



CENTRAL PARK. Common summer resident, May 1, 1899 

 (Chubb) to September 21, 1909 (Griscom). Dr. F. M. Chap- 

 man at a meeting of the Linnsean Society of New York 

 on January 23, 1894 reported "one around the Museum several 

 times recently." An adult male, discovered November 14, 

 1909 in the Ramble (Griscom), spent the winter. It fed 

 greedily on the suet at the feeding station maintained by Miss 

 Crolius, and seemed perfectly well, barring a frost-bitten foot 

 during a cold wave the end of January. It began to sing the 

 third week in March and departed the night of April 20, 1910. 

 I know of no better illustration in the bird world to show that 

 food is of greater importance than absolute temperature. 



BRONX REGION. April 27, 1914 at Port Chester (Spofford) ; 

 May 4, 1922 (W. C. Starck) to September 15, 1921 (Griscom). 

 New Jersey. Recorded as late as October 3, 1920 near Eliza- 

 beth (Urner). One picked up unable to fly at Hackensack, February 

 1, 1917 and sent to Mr. B. S. Bowdish. 



