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BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Photograph by F. M. Chapman 



Fig. 28. Catbird 



Long Island. Abundant, April 27 to November 7 and 25, 

 casual in winter. 



ORIENT. Abundant in summer, several winter records; 

 April 27, 1913 (Mrs. Frank D. Smith) to October 23, 1916; 

 average arrival May 12. 



MASTIC. Common summer resident; once in winter, 

 January 1, 1921; recorded as early as April 27, 1921. 



LONG BEACH. Bred in 1908 (Griscom); now a rare spring 

 and regular fall transient; May 8, 1919 to May 18, 1916 

 (Bicknell); September 17, 1914 (Bicknell) to November 2, 

 1917 (Bicknell) and November 25, 1920 (Crosby, Griscom, 

 Janvrin). 



