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DICKCISSEL (Spiza americana) 



A common summer resident in parts of our territory and 

 elsewhere on the Atlantic Coast eighty years ago, the dis- 

 appearance westward of this species is one of the ornithologi- 

 cal mysteries. It has long since become extinct in our area. 



Long Island. A common summer resident in 1842; very rare 

 on Shelter Island by 1875 (W'. W. Worthington) ; stragglers taken 

 at Miller Place in 1888 (Helme) and one at Blythewood, August 25, 

 1890 (F. E. Johnson). 



New Jersey. Common summer resident near Hoboken in 1851 

 (C. S. Galbraith) and probably elsewhere. Between 1868 and 1890 

 there were only four records for the State. Fourteen years later 

 W. DeW Miller made the astonishing discovery of a breeding 

 pair near Plainfield, which raised young, but they never returned. 



LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys) 

 This species of the western plains has occurred acci- 

 dentally on Long Island on two occasions, Montauk Point, 

 September 4, 1888 and Miller Place, September 11, 1896. 



SCARLET TANAGER (Piranga erythromelas) 

 A common summer resident throughout from about May 

 7 to the middle of October. Few of our birds exhibit so little 

 variation in the dates of migration from year to year. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, (May 1) May 7 to 

 October 19. 



ORIENT. Summer resident, locally rare or absent, May 1, 

 1917 to October 19, 1915. 



MASTIC. Fairly common summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Six records in spring between May 8, 1919 

 and May 25, 1916 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Common throughout. Casual in New 

 York City, April 19, 1882. 



CENTRAL PARK. Bred as late as 1904 (Hix); a common 

 transient; April 29, 1919 (Hix) and May 2, 1908 (Anne A. 

 Crolius) to June 4, 1907 (Hix); August 31, 1913 (Griscom) to 

 October 7, 1907 (Griscom). 



