360 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



1914 (Hix) to November 30, 1907 (Griscom); March 19, 1918 

 (Hix) and April 10, 1914 (Griscom) to May 15, 1912 (Anne A. 

 Crolius). Wintering birds have always left in March; in 

 spring observed chiefly in May. 



BRONX REGION. Now rarely observed; September 28, 

 1885 (Dwight) to December 31, .1908 (Griscom); April 26, 

 1908 (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. Now much rarer than formerly in the suburban 



section; irregularly fairly common locally in late October and 



November, and in winter. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Now of rare occurrence; formerly 

 more common and occasionally wintering in some numbers 

 on the east slope of the Palisades; September 13, 1886 

 (Chapman) to May 11, 1919 (Granger and Griscom); now 

 rarely recorded between December and May. 



' SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN (Cistothorus stellaris) 

 This Marsh Wren is an exceedingly local summer resident, 

 and is so rare as a transient, that it is unknown to those 

 students who do not live near a breeding colony or make a 

 special trip to such a locality. It does not occur in cat-tail 

 marshes, but prefers open sedgy meadows with a dense tangle 

 of vegetation through which meanders some sluggish stream. 

 Here it can best be detected by its song which is a staccato 

 chap, chap, chapper, chapper, chapper, rapidly running down 

 the scale and increasing in tempo at the same time. But little 

 is known about its migrations. 



Long Island. Very rare or casual transient; autumn of 1901 

 (A. H. Helme); September 12, 1908 at Freeport (Weber); October 

 18, 1910 at Floral Park (H. Thurston); December 28, 1913 at 

 Jones Beach (Griscom) ; specimen collected in every case. 



LONG BEACH. October 3, 1917 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. Recorded as a rare summer resident near 

 Ossining, remaining to October 16 (Fisher). 



BRONX REGION. Six adults and four young discovered in 



the Baychester marshes June 15, 1917 (L. N. Nichols). 



New Jersey. A very local summer resident; colonies are known 



in the Great Swamp and the Passaic Meadows near Chatham; in 



Sussex County this Wren nests commonly in the Walkill Valley (S. 



