ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 299 



CENTRAL PARK. Formerly a common spring transient, 

 now uncommon, April 29, 1912 (Griscom) to May 30, 1917 

 (Hix); three fall records, August 10, 1911 (Hix) to August 26, 

 1904 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. Uncommon transient; April 18, 1914 

 (Griscom) to June 15, 1917 (L. N. Nichols); August 10, 1919 

 (L. N. Nichols). 



New Jersey. Many years ago several pairs started to breed 

 in a sand bank near Plainfield (Miller). Reported as nesting near 

 Morristown (Thurber), and the Bird-Lore migration tables give 

 April 12, 1908 and September 6, 1912 as the extreme dates at 

 Morristown. I do not know of its nesting elsewhere in our area. 

 As a transient it is fairly common near the Hudson River, but 

 uncommon or rare inland. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common transient; April 25, 1920 

 (Griscom) to June 7, 1903 (Hix); July 16, 1887 (Chapman) to 

 September 3, 1907 (Weber). 



ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 

 The Rough-wing; is near the northern limit of its range in 

 our area, parts of which are practically outside it, while in 

 places it is locally common. Perhaps due to this fact, it is 

 almost unknown as a transient, where it does not breed. 

 Next to the Orchard Oriole no other breeding species leaves 

 so early for the south, and it is most exceptional to see one in 

 August. 



Inexperienced students make many blunders over the 

 Rough-winged Swallow. In the spring it is relatively easy to 

 identify. The brownish throat is quite different from the 

 sharply defined breast band of the Bank Swallow. Moreover 

 the brown of the back and wings is a purer and brighter 

 shade, less grayish, the bird is a trifle larger, broader at the 

 shoulders, with a slower, less erratic flight. In the fall, 

 however, the Bank Swallow's breastband is often not so 

 distinct, while the young Tree Swallow is brownish gray above 

 with a dusky breastband It is consequently practically 

 impossible to identify a Rough-wing at this season among 

 other transient Swallows, and the great majority, if not all, 

 the sight records made in September are unreliable. 



