EXTINCT AND EXTIRPATED SPECIES 381 



Formerly a summer resident on the coast of New Jersey, it 

 has not been recorded since 1896. In Giraud's day the bird 

 was " scarce" on Long Island. Three specimens were ob- 

 tained between 1877 and 1882, the last captured at Green- 

 port on June 2, 1882, thus appearing on the Orient region 

 list. 



HEATH HEN (Tympanuchus cupido) 



Formerly a common resident in the scrub-oak barrens of 

 Long Island. The last specimen was shot about 1840. The 

 bird is now extinct throughout its former range, except for a 

 small colony on Martha's Vineyard. 



WILD TURKEY (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) 

 In colonial times apparently abundant throughout our 

 area. De Vries speaks of shooting one, which weighed 30 

 pounds, near New Amsterdam about 1640. The bird was 

 extinct in our area, however, long before the days of our 

 earliest ornithologists. 



PASSENGER PIGEON (Ectopistes migratorius) 

 This species, now totally extinct, was formerly a common 

 transient throughout our area. It had greatly decreased by 

 1875. 



Long Island. Mr. Dutcher's Notes give ten records between 

 1885 and 1890, the last record a flock of six seen in the fall of 1890 

 at Miller Place (A. H. Helme), and a specimen was shot the preced- 

 ing year. The dates are March 29, and September 7 to October 22. 



New York State. The last record for this section seems to be 

 October 11, 1888 in Westchester County (Gerald H. Thayer). 



New Jersey. The last record for the State is October 7, 1893 at 



Morristown (A. B. Frost). The record of a specimen shot by C. 



Irving Wood at Englewood, June 23, 1896 proves to be erroneous. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Last record, September 1878, two 



birds (Chapman). 



