100 



(Rockaway). A few large, brightly colored Robins are to be 

 seen in winter in favored localities. 



362. Ixoreus naevius. Varied Thrush. 



Accidental. G. N. Lawrence records one in his collection 

 taken at Ishp in the fall (Bd. Brew. & Ridg. Birds N. Am. 1874, 

 i, 29, and Coues Bds. Colo. Valley, 1878, p. 19). Two recent 

 specimens from Long Island are both due to the collecting zeal 

 of Mr. A. H. Helme. The first was rescued from oblivion by 

 his looking up the report of a strange bird caught in a rabbit- 

 noose (Dutcher, Abstr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., no. 2, 1890 p. 

 9). Mr. Helme in company with Mr. Geo. K. Cherrie discov- 

 ered the wing and other portions of a second specimen at 

 Millers' Place, November 19, 1905. 



363. Saxicola cenanthe. Wheatear. 



Accidental. There are several recent records. Dr. J. A. 

 Allen has called attention to a specimen from Long Island in 

 the D. G. ElHot collection (Auk, iii, 1886, p. 490). Another 

 specimen is in the collection of the Long Island Historical 

 Society, taken at Jamaica in 1885 {Auk, x, 1893, p. 277). 



364. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. 



A not common summer resident. March 14 (Montauk) 

 to Nov. 28 (Flatlands). It may be occasionally seen on Long 

 Island in winter, though the writer has no midwinter records. 

 At that season it bears no comparison to the frequency of its 

 relation, the American Robin. In the Christmas bird-census 

 compiled by the editor, Mr. Chapman, and published for 

 several years past in Bird-Lore, the Bluebird is conspicuous 

 by its absence. The interesting lists contributed by Miss 

 Charlotte E. Lee from Huntington, Messrs. Selah B. Strong 

 and Walter White from Setanket, Charles H. Rogers and Harold 

 E. Porter from Rockaway Beach, Karl B. Squires from Green- 

 port and Roy Latham from Orient Point, contain five obser- 

 vations with a total of 24 individuals of the Robin, while no 

 observation of the Bluebird is included. 



