ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 307 



New York State. Reported as a rare transient at Ossining 



September 20 to October 20 (Fisher) ; no record for Staten Island. 



CENTRAL PARK. One record, a single bird on the "Point" 



in the Ramble September 15 and 16, 1921 (T. D. Carter 



and Griscom) ; it is worth noting that there has been almost 



daily observation in the Ramble during the migration season 



for over forty years, with as large a number of observers in the 



last twenty as any area of similar size in North America. 



BRONX REGION. Specimen collected September 17, 1885 

 (Dwight). 

 New Jersey. Unrecorded in our area except at Englewood. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Specimens collected September 15, 

 1913 and October 3, 1916 (J. A. Weber). 



WARBLING VIREO (Vireosylva gilva) 



Were it not for the loud, rich, warbling song, this Vireo 

 would rarely be detected in the tops of the shade trees in 

 which it prefers to dwell. While still a common summer 

 resident in rural districts inland, it is steadily vanishing from 

 the suburbs. It likes rich and well-watered country, is 

 absent from the coastal plain and very rare or unknown just 

 north of it. As a transient it is almost unknown. The 

 spring arrival is with the first big wave in May. So seldom 

 is the bird recorded after it has stopped singing, that we have 

 very scant data as to its departure in the fall, which seems to 

 take place about the middle of September. 



Long Island. Always a rare and local summer resident on the 

 north shore, not at present known to nest anywhere on the island; 

 May 3 to September 16. 



ORIENT. Rare transient, May 6, 1912 to May 20, 1911. 

 New York State. Formerly fairly common summer resident 

 at Ossining, May 3 to September 18 (Fisher); probably still nesting 

 in northern Westchester County, as it breeds near Hastings 

 (Granger) and Bronxville (R. C. Murphy); never recorded on 

 Staten Island (Chapin and others). Noted singing at Bronxville 

 September 13, 1922 (R. C. Murphy). 



CENTRAL PARK. Formerly a regular summer resident; 

 April 29, 1902 (Chubb), April 30, 1914 (Hix), and May 1, 1899 

 (Chubb) to September 16, 1904 (Hix) and October 3, 1907 



