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Long Island. Rare transient; April 30 to May 27; August 28 

 to September 28. As it breeds commonly in the pine barrens of 

 New Jersey, its absence as a breeding species on Long Island is 

 surprising. The old theory that Long Island was virtually north of 

 its range is scarcely tenable in view of its abundance in extreme 

 northern New Jersey. 



ORIENT. Rare transient; May 4, 1912 to May 12, 1913; 

 September 14, 1913 to September 28, 1911. 



MASTIC. Twice, May 27, 1917 (J. T. Nichols and Rogers) ; 

 May 10, 1921. 



New York State. Formerly recorded as nesting in several 

 localities in Westchester County, and still doing so in the northern 

 half, but rare. 



CENTRAL PARK. Uncommon spring, rare fall transient; 

 May 4, 1916 (Hix) to May 30, 1917 (Hix); August 7, 1908 

 (Hix) to September 8, 1913 (Hix). 



BRONX REGION. Formerly breeding at Riverdale and West 

 Farms, long since extirpated; now a rare transient, only two 

 recent records, May 10, 1920 andMay 19, 1917 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. An abundant summer resident in the hills of the 

 northwestern and northern counties, especially characteristic of 

 the laurel thickets and rhododendron swamps, where the Cana- 

 dian Warbler is also common; ascending to 1300 feet in the Waway- 

 anda Plateau; south along the Palisades to Fort Lee, and also 

 in the rich valley just west of them; in the rest of our area one of the 

 rarest Warblers on migration. So abundant is this bird across the 

 entire northern boundary of the State, that one would suppose the 

 country south of its breeding range would be flooded with them. 

 The case is analogous with that of the Golden-winged Warbler, 

 except that the Hooded is an even rarer transient. Miller, as the 

 result of over twenty-five years' observation at Plainfield, has seen 

 scarcely more Hooded Warblers in spring than Mournings. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common summer resident, formerly 

 more abundant; May 4, 1913 (Griscom) to September 17, 

 1922 (Griscom and LaDow); casual November 8, 1903 (C. H. 

 Rogers) . 



WILSON'S WARBLER (Wilsonia pusilla) 

 The perky little Wilson's Black-cap is a regular transient 

 in our area, rather uncommon in most sections in spring, 

 generally even more uncommon in fall, but occasionally 



