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western New Jersey. No bird is more rarely observed as a 

 transient in localities where it does not breed. Terrestrial 

 and inconspicuous, it is completely overlooked by those 

 unacquainted with its insect-like song, and the beginner has 

 great difficulty in getting a satisfactory observation. The 

 bird arrives the last week in April and lingers into October, 

 but it is rarely observed after the song season is over. 



Long Island. Very common summer resident; (April 9) 

 April 21 to October 25. 



ORIENT. Common summer resident; April 9, 1919 to 

 October 12, 1916. 



MASTIC. Fairly common summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Very rare transient; May 2, 1918 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Now breeding only on Staten Island and the 

 northern half of Westchester County. Recorded from April 27 to 

 October 23 at Ossining (Fisher). A specimen collected October 27, 

 1906 on Staten Island (Chapin). 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual; a single bird recorded early in 

 October about twenty years ago (Anne A. Crolius). 



BRONX REGION. Formerly a summer resident, bred near 

 Van Cortlandt Park in 1887 (Dwight) ; now a rare transient, 

 May 5, 1918 to June 9, 1915 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. Common summer resident, locally scarce or 

 absent in the suburban section and in the higher parts of extreme 

 northern New Jersey. The earliest arrival date is April 7, 1918 near 

 Elizabeth (Urner) ; the next earliest before me is April 26, 1913 near 

 Plainfield (Miller). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Formerly a common summer 

 resident, April 30, 1904 (Bird-Lore) to October 11, 1885 

 (Chapman) ; now a very rare transient, only three records in 

 twelve years, May 4 to May 18 (Griscom). 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Passerherbulus henslowi) 

 This shy and secretive little Sparrow is usually completely 

 overlooked, unless its song, a feeble flee-sick, is known. As a 

 result it is almost unknown as a transient, and its reputation 

 for rarity as a summer resident is undeserved. It does, how- 

 ever, seem to be local, as it does not occur in many sections 



