346 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



a dense thicket may safely be ascribed to him. He is often 

 very ventriloquial, and one bird can make noises enough for 

 half a dozen. While generally distributed throughout our 

 territory, it cannot be called exactly common, and in recent 

 years has decreased markedly in the suburban districts. 

 More often heard than seen, it arrives about May 10, but is 

 rarely recorded in fall, apparently only stragglers remaining 

 after the first week in September. 



Long Island. Uncommon summer resident north of the coastal 

 plain, May 2 to October 2 (October 31). 



ORIENT. Rare and irregular summer resident, usually 

 absent; May 2, 1906 to September 30, 1912. 



MASTIC. Uncommon in spring; casual October 31, 1920 

 (Laidlaw Williams). 



LONG BEACH. Casual May 15 , 1919 (Bicknell) and October 

 10, 1922 (Hix). 



New York State. Fairly common summer resident outside of 

 the suburbs; recorded April 28 at Ossining (Fisher). 



CENTRAL PARK. Uncommon spring transient, May 5, 

 1904 (Hix) and May 9, 1919 (Griscom) to May 31, 1901 

 (Chubb); very rare in the fall; August 26, 1913 (Hix) and 

 October 5, 1921 (Carter and Griscom). 



BRONX REGION. Uncommon summer resident, formerly 

 more numerous; May 3, 1916 (L. N. Nichols) to September 

 14, 1921 (Griscom). 



New Jersey. Fairly common summer resident throughout, 

 occurring on High Point and the Wawayanda Plateau; recorded 

 April 30, 1922 at Montclair (Rowland). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Now uncommon summer resident, 

 May 5, 1886 (Chapman) to September 6, 1887 (Chapman). 



HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina) 



The erratic distribution of this beautiful Warbler will be 

 discussed in detail below. It is supposed to be a species of the 

 Carolinian Zone, and consequently it is quite surprising to 

 have it decrease southward in our territory. Like the Golden- 

 winged Warbler, it is astonishingly rare as a transient just 

 south of country where it breeds abundantly. It arrives the 

 first week in May and departs in August. 



