Chapin : The Coot in the Vicinity of Staten Island 69 



Island were shot by Mr. Brinckerhoff, at Schoenian's Pond, Sep- 

 tember 29, 1907, and at Clove Lake, October 13, 1907, and were 

 kindly presented to me. Three out of the four coots recently 

 reported on our island were found, therefore, in the Clove Valley, 

 and all in the fall migration. Though coots do breed as near as 

 Newark, N. J., we could scarcely hope to have them nest on 

 Staten Island because of the lack of any suitable locality. 



