352 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



MASTIC. Fairly common transient. 



LONG BEACH. Uncommon fall transient, October 13, 1912 

 (Griscom) to November 3, 1914 (Bicknell), December 18, 1910 

 (Griscom, LaDow and Wiegmann), and January 4, 1910 

 (Griscom and LaDow). 



New York State. Fairly common transient on Staten Island, 

 up the Hudson River and along the Sound, rare elsewhere. 



CENTRAL PARK. Casual visitor; October 24, 1904 (Rix); 

 October 30 and 31, 1909 (Anne A. Crolius); May 5, 1919 

 (Griscom); December 25, 1919 (L. N. Nichols). 



BRONX REGION. Now a rare spring and uncommon fall 

 transient; March 20, 1921 (L. N. Nichols); September 24, 1919 

 (C. L. Lewis) to December 1, 1921 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. A common transient on the coastal marshes, 

 rare and irregular inland; recorded in late December and February 

 on the Newark Marshes, and as late as May 13, 1922 (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common transient, irregularly 

 abundant, on the Overpeck Meadows; rarely observed else- 

 where; March 20, 1920 (Griscom) to May 5, 1918 (J. M. John- 

 son); September 25, 1921 (Griscom and J. M. Johnson) to 

 November 14, 1910 (Griscom and LaDow). 



MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus polyglottos) 



The Mockingbird is one of our local species which defies 

 classification. A century ago it was of regular occurrence in 

 parts of southern New Jersey, colonies existed as far north as 

 Keyport and Sandy Hook, and Giraud reported it as nesting 

 occasionally on Long Island. Between 1875 and 1884 there 

 were a few sporadic breeding records, but occasional birds 

 have been reported throughout the area from then down to 

 the present time. Dr. Chapman, writing in 1906, suggested 

 that many of the specimens were escaped cage-birds, and this 

 was the general view at that time. Many years have now 

 passed since it was lawful to possess a caged Mockingbird, 

 and the fact that the frequency of records has increased 

 since the traffic was stopped, somewhat impugns the validity 

 of this suggestion. At present the Mockingbird is of rare or 

 casual occurrence, and may be expected almost anywhere in 



