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middle of October and is common or abundant until 

 December or occasionally later. There is a less marked 

 return flight the next spring from late April to the middle of 

 May. About once in ten years the bird winters in numbers; 

 other winters it is absent or only stragglers are recorded. It 

 has not really wintered in numbers in this territory since 

 1909. There is one casual breeding record. The call note, a 

 husky chee-yee, is very characteristic. 



Long Island. (September 5, 1906) September 28 to May 15 

 and May 29. 



ORIENT. Abundant in fall, uncommon in winter and 

 spring; September 28, 1906 to May 20, 1917; average October 

 1 to May 10. 



MASTIC. Irregularly abundant in the fall. 

 LONG BEACH. Often common in late October and 

 November, rarely seen at other times; October 13, 1919 (Bick- 

 nell) to March 10, 1912 (Griscom). 



New York State. Found nesting casually at Ossining May 25, 

 1883 (Fisher). It has arrived as early as October 1, 1883 at 

 Ossining (Fisher). 



CENTRAL PARK. Much scarcer in the Park than outside in 

 the country; October 11, 1903 (Rogers) to November 27, 

 1913 (Hix); spent the winter of 1908-09, departing late in 

 March; only three spring records, May 10, 1914 (Griscom) 

 to May 24, 1917 (Janvrin). 



BRONX REGION. A common fall transient, rare in winter, 

 but abundant 1908-09; October 13, 1910 (Griscom) to May 

 6, 1909 (Griscom). 

 New Jersey. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Often abundant in fall from October 

 13 (Rogers) to December; rarely wintering; often reappear- 

 ing in spring from late April to May 17, 1914 (Griscom'and 

 others). 



SNOWFLAKE (Plectrophenax nivalis) 



A common winter visitant to Long Island, but very rare 

 and irregular or unknown anywhere inland in our area. The 

 great amount of white and the musical chirruping notes are 

 diagnostic. 



