298 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



nesting in the wooded swamp at the head of Culver's Lake, May 31, 

 1919 (Miller and Griscom); one seen feeding a young bird June 

 1921 near Chatham (Miller). It is particularly surprising that this 

 bird should not nest more generally at least in Sussex County, 

 where conditions prevail corresponding closely to parts of New 

 England where the bird is common. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Abundant transient; March 11, 

 1906 (Hix) to June 16, 1917 (Weber); July 4 regularly (Weber) 

 to October 26, 1913 (Hix); several hundred on December 31, 

 about 1881 (fide Chapman); has arrived in March four 

 times in the past eighteen years. 



BANK SWALLOW (Riparia riparia) 



True to its name this species nests only in sandy banks. 

 As a result it is common only along the outer beaches of the 

 south shore of Long Island, local or absent elsewhere. It is a 

 common transient along the coast, up the Hudson River 

 valley, and on the larger marshes, but is a rare species in- 

 land. It is seldom seen before the last week in April, or after 

 the first week in September. Inland it is often confused 

 with the Rough-winged Swallow by those students who call 

 any brown-backed Swallow the Bank, unless they can prove 

 it to be a Rough-wing; needless to say, a very careless 

 practice. 



Long Island. Common summer resident chiefly along the 

 outer beaches of the south shore; abundant transient; (April 9), 

 April 20 to September 14 and September 22. 



ORIENT. Locally common summer resident, April 20, 1912 

 to September 22, 1916. 



MASTIC. Fairly common summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Formerly abundant summer resident, several 

 large colonies in 1908 (Griscom); most of the dunes are now 

 washed away, and relatively few pairs remain; April 27, 1922 

 (Bicknell) to September 10, 1914 (Bicknell). 



New York City. Reported as a common summer resident at 

 Ossining (Fisher), but there is no recent confirmation of this. It 

 has been taken there as late as October 1. Otherwise a fairly 

 common transient. 



