358 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY 'REGION 



ing record (Miller); spring of 1910 near Bernardsville (J. D. 



Kuser); June 8, 1907 (Montclair); not recorded since 1918 at 



Elizabeth (Urner). 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Of variable status; in the eighties 

 rare, recorded in April and September (Chapman); later a 

 colony became established on the east slope of the Palisades, 

 where by 1911 the bird was positively common; this colony 

 much reduced in numbers by the winter of 1913-14, and wiped 

 out by the winter of 1917-18; one individual seen in April 

 1922 (Chapman) may mark the beginning of its reappearance 

 in the region. 



HOUSE WREN (Troglodytes aedon) 



The familiar little House Wren is a generally common 

 summer resident throughout, but is relatively uncommon 

 near the sea and in the suburbs, where it has decreased 

 markedly in the last twenty-five years, thanks to the Starling 

 and the House Sparrow. The first individuals arrive the 

 last days of April, and the species remains until October. 

 About the middle of August most of our Wrens disappear 

 from our lawns and gardens, and are then detected in thickets 

 and dense undergrowths on the edges of woods or swamps. 

 The House Wren is not yet entirely domesticated, and a few 

 still nest in hollows in swampy woods away from the haunts 

 of man. 



Long Island. Common summer resident, April 14, 1922, 

 Islip (Miss E. R. Jenks) and April 19, 1922 at Garden City (J. T. 

 Nichols) to October 18; casual March 29. 



ORIENT. Rare summer resident in East Marion (Mabel R. 

 Wiggins); otherwise a very rare transient; April 20, 1908 to 

 May 30; August 20, 1917 (Mrs. Frank D. Smith) to October 

 8, 1910. 



MASTIC. Uncommon summer resident. 

 LONG BEACH. Casual on migration, October 18, 1917 and 

 October 13, 1919 (Bicknell). 



New York State. Common summer resident in northern 



Westchester County, steadily decreasing in the suburban districts. 



CENTRAL PARK. Bred at least as late as 1908; ,now an 



uncommon spring and rare fall transient; April 22, 1905 (Hix) 



