ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 341 



MASTIC. No record. 



LONG BEACH. One, September 2, 1920 on a lawn with 

 Water-Thrushes (Bicknell). 



New York State. Common summer resident in northern West- 

 chester County, now very rare southward near the City. 



CENTRAL PARK. Rare transient; April 2, 1916 (Hix) 

 to May 24, 1909 (Anne A. Crolius); August 4, 1908 (Griscom) 

 to October 3, 1914 (Hix); casual November 24, 1910 (Hix), 

 a bird seen eating a small fish (!); rarely recorded except on 

 the big Warbler waves in May. 



BRONX REGION. Very rare summer resident, a pair still 

 breeding northeast of Yonkers; a pair bred in Van Cortlandt 

 Park in 1917; otherwise a rare transient; April 10, 1915 (L. 

 N. Nichols) to September 17, 1916 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. Breeding throughout our area wherever a suit- 

 able habitat is found; Miller and I have found it at 1200 feet in the 

 Wawayanda Plateau. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Fairly common but local summer 

 resident, April 8, 1911 (Griscom and LaDow) to October 2, 

 1885 (Chapman). 



KENTUCKY WARBLER (Oporornis formosus) 

 The three Warblers of the genus Oporornis are unques- 

 tionably the least known. They are ground Warblers in- 

 habiting the densest undergrowth, are wild, shy and secretive, 

 and are usually silent on migration. As a result they are 

 easily overlooked, and extremely difficult subjects to study. 

 The present species is an extraordinarily local summer resi- 

 dent, breeding in a type of low rich woods with dense under- 

 growth that occurs widely in our area. It is consequently im- 

 possible to explain why this bird should only breed in two 

 localities and should be practically unknown elsewhere. 



Long Island. Exceedingly rare; two breeding records and 

 eight records of transients in migration; May 18 to September 14. 

 ORIENT. Recorded May 30, June 4, and September 14. 



New York State. A common summer resident near Ossining 

 May 2 to August 27 (Fisher), and locally southward to Worthing- 

 ton and Hastings (Granger); unknown on Staten Island. 



