ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 311 



New Jersey. Formerly a common summer resident throughout 

 most of our area, but absent from the higher country in the north- 

 ern and northwestern tier of counties; now greatly decreased in 

 numbers, and rare or uncommon in most of its former range. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. A common summer resident up to 

 1910, since then rapidly decreasing and now rare; May 3, 1902 

 (Bird-Lore migration tables) to October 7, 1886 (Chapman). 



BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilla varia) 

 A common and familiar summer resident throughout the 

 territory, wherever there is woodland. The first birds arrive 

 on the average about April 22, but transients are passing 

 through until the end of May. It is one of the first Warblers 

 to start moving south, appearing regularly the first week in 

 August in Central Park. Only stragglers remain after the 

 first week in October. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, April 19 to October 

 24 and November 6. 



ORIENT. Rare summer resident, common transient, April 

 22, 1914 to October 8, 1909; average arrival April 27. 

 MASTIC. Common summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Rare on migration; three spring records 

 between May 8, 1919 and May 20, 1920 (Bicknell); September 

 2, 1920 (Bicknell); casual November 6, 1917 (J. M. Johnson). 

 New York State. Recorded April 18 at Ossining (Fisher). 



CENTRAL PARK. Very common transient; April 19, 1909 

 (Griscom) to May 25, 1909 (Griscom); August 6, 1908 (Gris- 

 com) to October 20, 1907 (Griscom) and November 14, 1908 

 (Anne A. Crolius). 



BRONX REGION. Now an uncommon summer resident and 

 a common transient, April 21, 1922 (Dr. Denton) to October 

 12, 1912 (Hix). 

 New Jersey. Common summer resident throughout. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Now an uncommon summer resi- 

 dent, common in migration; April 20, 1912 (Griscom) to 

 October 5, 1916 (J. A. Weber). 



PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea) 

 This beautiful warbler of our southern cypress swamps is a 

 casual or very rare visitant in this vicinity during the spring 



