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our area except in extreme northern New Jersey. Recent 

 records are between August 1 and May 10; least often in 

 spring. No other southern species occurs chiefly in fall and 

 winter, and where the birds recorded locally can come from 

 is a mystery which still awaits solution. 



Long Island. Now a casual spring transient, April 27 to 

 May 20; rare but generally distributed early fall transient August 

 1 to September 9; less rare local winter resident October 1 to 

 March 25, 1917, Garden City (Nichols); probably occurs every year. 

 ORIENT. Rare and irregular visitant, August 1, 1920 to 

 May 20, 1915 (Mrs. Frank D. Smith); several winter records. 

 MASTIC. Rare fall visitant, latest September 9, 1917. 

 LONG BEACH. April 27, 1916 (Bicknell); September 4, 

 1917 (Newbold T. Lawrence). 



New York State. Recorded at Croton-on-Hudson winter of 

 1899 (Miss Anne Van Cortlandt). 



CENTRAL PARK. Two specimens prior to 1877 (fide Bick- 

 nell); October 19, 1892 to January 20, 1893 (F. M. Chapman); 

 October 30, 1909 (L. B. Bishop); August 27, 1921 (Griscom). 

 BRONX REGION. Recorded October 28 and November 11, 

 1877 (Bicknell); February 17, 1912 (Griscom and Hix); 

 February 9, 1920 (Lee S. Crandall). 



New Jersey. Years ago the Mockingbird bred sporadically in 

 our area and has been recorded at rare intervals ever since. Re- 

 ported as a very rare summer resident at Morristown before 1887 

 (Thurber); a pair bred at Ridgewood in 1884 and one was seen in 

 November 1902 (Henry Hales); from December 14, 1913 to March 

 3, 1914 at Andover (Blanche Hill); three records near Plainfield, 

 one in May and two in September (Miller); May 11, 1919 near 

 Elizabeth (Urner); April 17, 1921 near Boonton (Carter). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. A pair nested at Tenafly about 1876 

 and again in 1884, and one returned to the same place in the 

 spring of 1885 (F. M. Chapman, on authority of Mr. Martin); 

 one in early January, 1903 at Oradel (Kimball C. Atwood); 

 one seen February 14 and March 2, 1915 (J. T. Nichols). 



CATBIRD (Dumetella carolinensis) Fig. 28 

 An abundant summer resident throughout the territory, 

 of rare occurrence in winter. Arrives the first week in May, 

 rarely in April, and remains until October 10, lingering occa- 

 sionally even later near the coast. 



