ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 301 



CEDAR WAXWING (Bombycilla cedrorum) 

 The Waxwing is an erratic species in this territory, and 

 its status is hard to define. As a general rule it is a very late 

 spring migrant, arriving between May 15 and June 1. The 

 fall migration, when it is common everywhere, starts the 

 middle of August with great regularity and lasts into Novem- 

 ber. At rare and irregular intervals flocks of Wax wings 

 appear in late February, March, or April these, however, 

 always disappear before the regular migration late in May. 

 In most of the region it is a very rare bird in winter. It is a 

 rural rather than a suburban species, and has greatly de- 

 creased as a summer resident near the City. 



Long Island. Fairly common local summer resident, occa- 

 sional in winter eastward; I know of no winter record in many 

 years at the western end; February 4 and May to November 18. 

 ORIENT. Not common resident; irregular. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon summer resident, common on migra- 

 tion in late summer and fall. 



LONG BEACH. Regular transient in fall, August 10, 1919 

 (Bicknell) to October 22, 1916 (Griscom). 



New York State. A fairly common summer resident in north- 

 ern Westchester County, now largely extirpated elsewhere. Re- 

 ported as resident at Ossining many years ago by Fisher, but I 

 have no other evidence of its ever having occurred in winter in our 

 section. 



CENTRAL PARK . Uncommon spring, common fall transient ; 

 April 28, 1917 (Janvrin), May 4, 1906 (Hix), May 11, 1899 

 (Chubb), and May 16, 1909 (Anne A. Crolius) to June 3, 

 1901 (Chubb); August 10, 1905 (Hix) to November 14, 1915 

 (Hix); flock March 12, 1905 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. A pair bred in Van Cortlandt Park in 



1919; otherwise uncommon spring, abundant fall transient; 



late May to June 16, 1900 (Hix); August 9, 1921 (Griscom) to 



November; flock March 12, 1884 (J. Dwight). 



New Jersey. Common summer resident throughout, except 



near the City, increasing northward; the last species to arrive in 



full numbers in spring; wintering irregularly near Plainfield (Miller) 



one record near Elizabeth (Urner), rarely at Montclair (Rowland) ; 



vagrant flocks appear at rare and irregular intervals in early spring. 



