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(Rockaway); not very rare in winter, especially on the salt 

 marshes. 



236. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. 



Not common summer resident. May 11 (Flatbush) to July 

 18 (Flatbush). Nests the first week in June. Full-grown 

 young observed July 6. 



237. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. 



Common summer resident. May 3 (Lake Grove) to Sept. 

 7 (Lake Grove, A. H. Howell). Nests the last of May and 

 later. Locally known as ''Golden Robin," ''Fire Bird," 

 "Hang-nest," and "Golden Oriole." 



238. Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. 



Common transient visitant. March 18 (Flatlands) to May 

 6 (Jamaica); Oct. 5 (Flatlands) to Nov. 19 (Montauk). 



239. Quiscalus quiscula. Purple Grackle. 



Common summer resident. Feb. 23 (Montauk) to Oct. 18 

 (Rockaway Beach). Nests in May. 



240. Quisculus quiscula seneus. Bronzed Grackli;. 



Apparently a very rare transient visitant. One was taken, 

 Mr. Worthington informs me, at Shelter Island, June 16, 1886; 

 and one at Jamaica South, from a flock of six or seven individ- 

 uals Nov. 17, 1900 (Braislin, Auk, xix, 1902 p. 147). A 

 strongly fixed, inland migration route seems to be responsible 

 for its rarity on Long Island. 



241. Pinicola enucleator leucura. Pine Grosbeak. 



At rare intervals this species is a fairly common winter visi- 

 tant. During the winter of 1903-04 an incursion of a very large 

 number of these birds occurred and they were found abundantly 

 at certain points on Long Island from Dec. 14, 1903, to Feb. 19, 

 1904 (Helme, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 280). Apparently no such 



