2. Polioptila caerulea. Blue-gray Gkatcatciier. — I shot a young 

 bird, October ii. 1879, at Fort Hamilton. It was skipping about in a row 

 of honey-locusts, and was exceedingly active. 



BuaN.O.C. 6,Apra,1881, p. iXl- 



LONG ISLAND, N. Y., BIRD NOTES. 



BY NEWBOLD T. LAWRENCE. 



[n the following notes, I take pleasure in recording several 

 additional captures to those already mentioned in a list of 'Rare 

 Birds taken on Long Island, N. Y.', publislied in 'Forest and 

 Stream,' May 2, 1S78. 



I. Polioptila cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatc.^tcher. — Shot a female of 

 this species at Far Rockaway, April 18, 1874. 



Auk, 2. July, 1885. p. $1^, 



Polioptila cmrulea.—l shot a male at Montauk Point, Sept. 2, 1885. It 

 was in one of the dense thickets common to that locality, and not in com- 

 pany with any other birds. This is, I believe, the third record for Long 

 Island, the first specimen having been taken by Mr. N. T. Lawrence 

 (Auk, 11, July, 1885, p. 272) and the second by Mr. de L. Eerier (Bull- 

 N. O. C, VI, April, 1881, p. 126). Up to the present writing I know of no 

 other captures of this species on Long Island, although the list of records 

 for New England is now a large one. — Jonathan Dwigiit, Jr., New 

 York City. Auk, V, July, 1888. p. 3XH' 



Dutcher, Bare Long Island Birds. 



1 Polioptila cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — There is but one 

 1 specimen in the collection, labelled "Shot by J. Akhurst, at Canarsie, in 

 i 1849." It is the only specimen that Mr. Akhurst recollects ever having- 

 1 seen from Long Island. 



AuL- X.July, 1893 p 277 



The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in New York City. — A Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher {Polioptila ccerulea) was seen in Central Park, New York City, 

 and positively identified, on May 22, 1901. — C. B. Isham, Nexv Tork 



City. Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902. p . 



Notes from V/estern New York. 

 Maurice C .Blake, Hanover ,N.H. 



Polioptila ccBTulea.— On April 25, 1906, I observed a female Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher at Canandaigua. It was occupied in catching insects that 

 were about the blossoms of a maple tree on the edge of a swampy woods. 

 After some time in the upper branches it came down to about eye level 

 and worked along the border of the woods. This gave me an excellent 

 opportunity to observe it well. It moved on gradually in a northerly 

 direction as if migrating, but apparently was not with a flock of migrants. 

 There is one other record for Ontario Comity, — "Canandaigua, June 3, 



