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ORIENT. Uncommon transient; May 1, 1914 to May 31, 

 1914; October 11, 1917 (Mabel R. Wiggins) to November 10, 

 1909. 



MASTIC. Uncommon transient. 



LONG BEACH. Two spring records, May 14, 1914 and May 

 11, 1922 (Bicknell); uncommon in the fall, October 6, 1921 to 

 October 24, 1918 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Rather rare transient, immature birds 

 occasionally recorded in some numbers in the fall. The latest 

 spring date is May 28, 1907 on Staten Island (Chapin). Casual 

 April 17, 1913 at Yonkers (G. K. Noble). 



CENTRAL PARK. Uncommon transient, April 24, 1896 (L. 

 S. Foster); May 3, 1922 (Blanche Samek and Griscom) to 

 May 26, 1909 (Anne A. Crolius); October 1, 1911 (Hix) to 

 October 13, 1921 (Griscom). Rarely noted before May 12 

 and after May 18. 



BRONX REGION. Rare transient; May 7, 1922 (Starck 

 brothers) to May 15, 1917 (L. N. Nichols); October 8, 1910 

 (Griscom) to November 7, 1917 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. A rather rare transient, occurring chiefly at the 

 height of the migration in spring and in the middle of October. 

 It may prove to be commoner in the northwestern part of the area, 

 from which I have no data. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare transient; May 12, 1906 (Hix, 

 Rogers, Wiegmann) to May 22 (Bird-Lore migration tables); 

 September 29, 1914 (Weber) to October 20, 1907 (Hix and 

 Rogers). 



WHITE -THROATED SPARROW (Zonotrichia albicollis) Fig. 25 



The beginner to whom all Sparrows are a puzzle and a 

 trial will bless this conspicuously marked and abundant 

 species. Cheerful and confiding, it occurs on migration even 

 in the streets and back yards of New York City, and sings 

 on sunny days throughout the winter. It arrives in the fall 

 with the first decided drop in temperature in September. By 

 the middle of November only the wintering flocks remain. 

 These break up about the middle of March, and then it is 

 often impossible to find the species locally, until the transients 

 arrive from the South the middle of April. The last individu- 

 als retire northward with the height of the migration in May. 



