ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 263 



ORIENT. Irregularly common winter visitant, September 

 17, 1908 to March 26, 1914. 



MASTIC. Irregular in the fall; recorded November 1, 1919. 



LONG BEACH. Casual; November 9, 1919 (Willard G. Van 

 Name). 



New York State. An irregular visitant, recorded at Ossining 

 in almost every month (Fisher) ; one breeding record. 



CENTRAL PARK. Rare and erratic visitant, unrecorded 

 in the last thirteen years; May 12, 1887 (Jenness Richardson); 

 January to May 4, 1895 (Louis Gillett); spent the winter of 

 1895-96, (Chapman); early April, 1899, (Chubb and Rogers); 

 March 7, 1904, (Carlton Schaller); early March, 1909 (Anne 

 A. Crolius). 



BRONX REGION. Abundant at Riverdale from November 

 3, 1874 to May 10, 1875, the nest and eggs found on April 22 

 (Bicknell) ; not recorded since December 28, 1908 (Griscom 

 and LaDow). 



New Jersey. Rare and irregular; reported near Millington, 

 Somerset Co. July 19, 1903 (Hix); near Lake Wawayanda, June 

 5, 1909 (Rhoads). I do not know any locality where this bird has 

 been seen in more than three years during the last ten. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare and irregular winter visitant, 

 November, 1899 (Chapman) to June 18, 1910 (Bird-Lore migra- 

 * tion tables). Only seen during three seasons in the last 

 twelve years. 



NOTE. Mr. A. C. Bent has recently described the Red 

 Crossbill of Newfoundland as L. c. percna, differing chiefly 

 in the larger size, particularly of the bill. During the winter of 

 1919-20 it occurred south to Massachussets and Washington. 

 On February 23, 1920 Mr. J. T. Nichols saw at least one large- 

 billed bird among a flock of others at Amityville, Long Island. 

 He sent a sketch and a detailed account to Mr. Bent, who was 

 confident that his bird was percna. Collectors should be on 

 the look-out for this race, the validity of which still remains 

 to be determined by the A. O. U. Committee. 



WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (Loxia leucoptera) 



This handsome Crossbill is another very rare and irregular 



winter visitant. I have found evidence of fourteen marked 



flights in the last ninety-six years, so that this species must 



be regarded as slightly less rare than the Pine Grosbeak. 



