320 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Long Island. Formerly very rare, now uncommon, but more 

 so than elsewhere in our territory; May 8 to May 30; August 20 

 to October 3; only one spring record prior to 1908. 



ORIENT. Rare transient; May 10, 1908 to May 30, 1917 

 (Mabel R. Wiggins); September 14, 1913 to September 28, 

 1909. 



MASTIC. Uncommon transient; noted as late as May 30, 

 1917. 



LONG BEACH. The least rare of its genus; May 30, 1917 

 (Rogers) and May 26, 1918 (Janvrin); six fall records from 

 August 20, 1922 (Griscom and LaDow) to October 3, 1917 

 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Reported years ago at Ossining as a rare 

 transient, May 22 to 27, August 22 to October 2 (Fisher) ; now un- 

 common in spring, often common in fall. 



CENTRAL PARK. Formerly a very rare spring and rare fall 

 transient; now regular and sometimes common or abundant; 

 no spring record prior to May 16, 1902 (L. N. Nichols); 

 May 24, 1910 (Hix); May 12, 1912 (Anne A. Crolius); May 

 16, 1913 (Griscom); May 6 and 17, 1914 (Anne A. Crolius, 

 Griscom and others); latest spring date May 27, 1917 (Hix); 

 August 19, 1922 (Griscom) to October 10, 1915 (Hix). To 

 summarize the available information, the Tennessee Warbler 

 arrives on the biggest waves of the spring, and the number of 

 times it is seen depends upon the number of waves. In the fall 

 it arrives regularly the end of August, and on certain days is 

 often the commonest species of Warbler. 



BRONX REGION. May 21, 1884 (Dwight); May 6, 1921 

 (L. N. Nichols) to May 30, 1917 (Janvrin); August 27, 1922 

 (Griscom) to October 16, 1921 (Griscom). 



New Jersey. Now a regular transient, uncommon in spring, 

 sometimes abundant in fall. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. First spring record May 21, 1905 

 (Hix and Wiegmann) ; now regular transient, often common or 

 even abundant during the fall migration; May 7, 1922 (Gris- 

 com and Janvrin) to May 26 (Weber); August 18, 1896 

 (Dwight) to October 10 (Rogers). 



NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER (Compsothlypis americana usnese) 



One of our very commonest transient Warblers, arriving 



regularly the first days of May, rarely in April. The females 



