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once at Riverdale, and was occasionally recorded on Long 

 Island, in Westchester County and near Englewood, New 

 Jersey. About this time a northward movement took place, 

 a colony became established on the Palisades, another on 

 Gardiner's Island, the bird bred sporadically on Long Island 

 and at Plainfield, and appeared elsewhere in the territory 

 more frequently. The period of maximum abundance was 

 reached about 1911. A sharp winter caused a decline in 

 numbers, and while the colonies on the Palisades and Gardi- 

 ner's Island survived, there was a marked decrease in records 

 elsewhere. The record-breaking winter of 1917-18 completely 

 exterminated the Carolina Wren throughout our territory, 

 and it has been scarcely recorded since. It may confidently 

 be expected to appear again in the future. 



Long Island. A colony was established for years on Gardiner's 

 Island, and scattered pairs have bred at Flushing and Roslyn; 

 numerous records elsewhere; at present all breeding birds exter- 

 minated. 



ORIENT. Besides the colony on Gardiner's Island, known 

 as a rare visitant at Orient between July and March; now 

 probably extinct. 



MASTIC. Rare visitant, no records since the winter of 1917- 

 18. 



New York State. Permanent resident on Staten Island until 

 the winter of 1917-18; occasional visitant to the rest of the area, 

 nesting casually; never recorded at Ossining. No records since the 

 winter of 1917-18. 



CENTRAL PARK. Rare and irregular visitant, occasionally 

 remaining some time; thus present from October to December 

 1907 (Anne A. Crolius) ; another bird appeared the middle of 

 June, 1908, and remained until late February, 1909; no recent 

 records. 



BRONX REGION. Mr. Bicknell obtained several records 



at Riverdale, and found it breeding May 2, 1879; the only 



recent records are December 28, 1908 to May 8, 1909 (Gris- 



com), and January 27 to February 4, 1911 (Hix). 



New Jersey. Recorded as very rare at Morristown (Thurber) 



and Summit (Holmes); rare and irregular visitant at Plainfield 



from July 4, 1898 to the last severe winter, one actual breed- 



