Binds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.H,Merriain. 
48. Progne subis ( Linn .) Baird. Purple Martin. — Breeds in “Mar- 
tin houses ” in the villages that lie within the limits of the Adirondack 
region. 
Buli. N.O.O, 3, Oct, 1882, p,229 
Oj&Qt XV, jQne, 1890, p.gsa 
Birds of Oneida County, New ToTk. 
Egbert Bagg. 
Progne subis. — Given as “A not uncommon summer resident. 
Breeds.” Has practically disappeared; within the last few years an 
occasional migrant is all that has been seen. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 p. 104 
1881, p, /3 . 
}/ Jc /Yi JltuJ / eld. . 
19. Progne subis. Purple Martin. — “Rarely seen,” etc. Breeds at 
Oneida and seems to be holding its own against the English Sparrows. 
I took a set of 4 eggs from an electric arc lamp at Oneida, July 12, 1895. 
• Auk, XX, July, iuOS, p . %6S~ 
Decrease of Purple Martinson Long Island, N. Y. — Seeing a note 
on Purple Martins in Concord, Mass., a short time ago in ‘The Auk,’ I 
thought the following might possibly be of some interest, dhree sum- 
mers ago, Purple Martins (Progne subis) were very common at Quogue, 
L. I., and bred in boxes erected for their occupation. The summer of 
1903 they had decreased in number, and last summer they had disappeared 
apparently from the locality. I am afraid English Sparrows took posses- 
sion of their boxes. 
The summer of 1903, I killed a Black-breasted Plover ( Squatarola 
squatarola ) on July I, as recorded in ‘The Auk’ (XXI, p. 79). Last sum- 
mer I saw one on July 6, with a very black breast, but unfortunately 
missed him. Snipe and Plover were exceedingly rare all last summer. — 
F. W. Kobbe, Ne-w York Cit_ 
Auk, ixil, Apr,, 1905, P 
