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female has a small white spot at the base of the primaries, 

 which is often hard to see. The bird is rarely recorded in 

 April and August. 



Long Island. Common transient, April 30 to May 27; August 

 26 to October 17 and casually November 30. 



ORIENT. Common transient in spring, less so in fall; 

 April 30, 1908 to May 25, 1915 (Mabel R. Wiggins); average 

 arrival May 4; August 28, 1913 to October 25, 1912. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon transient. 



LONG BEACH. Occasional on migration; May 8, 1919 to 

 May 20, 1920 (Bicknell); September 2, 1920 to October 6, 

 1921 (Bicknell) and October 28, 1917 (Rogers). 

 New York State. Common transient throughout; casual 

 November 27 to December 9, 1906 at Irvington (Louis Dunham) ; 

 on the latter date the bird was found dead and sent to the American 

 Museum. 



CENTRAL PARK. Common transient; April 25, 1921 

 (Granger), April 28, 1908 (L. N. Nichols) and May 4, 1909 

 (Griscom) to May 30, 1917 (Hix); August 23, 1905 (Hix) and 

 September 1, 1904 (Hix) to October 15, 1908 (Griscom). 



BRONX REGION. Common transient; May 2, 1914 (L. N. 

 Nichols) to May 22, 1885 (J. Dwight); August 27, 1922 (F. E. 

 Watson) to October 13, 1913 (Hix); casual November 2, 1918 

 (Theodore Dreier). 



New Jersey. In the last two years, Mr. W. DeW. Miller has 

 found this species in the breeding season in several localities on the 

 Wawayanda plateau; otherwise a common transient. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common transient; April 28, 1912 

 (Griscom) to May 29, 1915 (Rogers); August 18, 1896 

 (Dwight) to October 12, 1916 (Weber); one April and four 

 August records. 



MYRTLE WARBLER (Dendroica coronata) 

 Our most abundant transient Warbler, the fourth to 

 arrive in spring, from April 15 to the height of the migration 

 in May. In the fall it is even more numerous, arriving 

 normally the third week in September and remaining until 

 early November. In August, 1921 there was an unprecedented 

 flight; otherwise the bird is casual in August. Along the 



