314 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



New Jersey. Locally a common summer resident. Breeds 

 commonly on the east slope of the Palisades of the Hudson; absent 

 in the level country between the Hudson and the hills near Plain- 

 field, Chatham, Summit and Morristown, where it is still fairly 

 common in such unspoiled country as remains; common in the 

 Ramapo Mountains, and occurring throughout the rest of northern 

 New Jersey wherever it finds the heavily wooded hillsides it requires. 

 As a transient it is reported as rare or uncommon by various ob- 

 servers according to their experience or the number of years they 

 have spent in the field. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common summer resident on the 



east slope of the Palisades; elsewhere an uncommon transient; 



May 2, 1920 (Griscom and Janvrin) to May 16 (Weber); 



July 24, 1915 (Weber) to August 27 (Weber); casual April 14, 



1913 (J. T. Nichols). 



BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (Vermivora pinus) 

 A very common summer resident in most of our territory, 

 but wanting on the coastal plain of Long Island and in the 

 higher sections of northwestern New Jersey. It arrives 

 early in May, starts moving south early in August, and is 

 almost unknown in September. 



Long Island. Not uncommon summer resident on the north 

 shore, decreasing eastward; generally an uncommon transient; 

 May 2 to September 17, 1915, Fort Hamilton (De L. Eerier). 



ORIENT. Breeds on Gardiner's Island, elsewhere a rare 

 transient; May 4 to 24, 1908; July 15 to September 1. 



MASTIC. Fairly common transient, uncommon in summer. 

 New York State. A common summer resident throughout. 



CENTRAL PARK. A transient, generally uncommon in 

 spring, often common in fall; April 30, 1905 (Hix) to May 16, 

 1911 (Anne A. Crolius); August 6, 1911 (Hix) to September 8, 

 1907 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. Common summer resident, April 26, 



1913 (G. K. Noble) to September 6, 1922 (F. E. Watson); 



casual January 6, 1900 (Mrs. E. G. Britton). 



New Jersey. A very common summer resident in the eastern 



half of our section, breeding north to Greenwood Lake, but rapidly 



decreasing northwestward. Thus it is rare near Bernardsville 



(Kuser), and I have never seen the bird in Sussex County, but there 



