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LSNY Proceedings 71, 1959-1970 1959-1970 No. 71 ( QHl .P77 V v\ PROCEEDINGS OF THE / LBNNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK For the Twelve Years Ending March, 1970 Date dhlsme, De^nib«iv-19,70 Cu I 1 Ij/ j P V The Linnaean Society of New York Regular meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from Septem- ber through May. Informal meetings are held once a month during June, July, and August. All meetings are held at the American Museum of Natural History, and are open to the public. Persons interested in natural history are eligible for membership in the Society. Annual dues for Active Mem- bers are $6.00, and for Associate Members (residing more than fifty miles from New York city) are $2.50. The Society conducts field trips and maintains a small circulating library for its members. It distributes free to all members a monthly News-Letter, and every two or three years an issue of Proceedings containing articles and notes of ornithological interest. At irregular intervals longer papers and monographs called Transactions are published, which members receive free or at a substantial discount. Communications, and inquiries regarding publica- tions, should be addressed to: Secretary, Linnaean Society of New York, c/o American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, N. Y. 10024 1959-1970 No. 71 PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK For the Twelve Years Ending March, 1970 Date of Issue, December, 1970 Contents PAGE [SupplementI to Birds of the New York Area John Bull 1 Great Gull Island Reports Great Gull Island, Its History and Biology Lois Hussey Heilbrun 55 Great Gull Island Visits 1962-1966 Catherine Pessino 80 Breeding of the Common and Roseate Terns on Great Gull Island Donald Cooper, Helen Hays, and Catherine Pessino 83 Great Gull Island Report on Nesting Species 1967-1968 Helen Hays 105 Gull Island Committee Chairmen 1949-1970 119 Clapper Rail Investigations on the South Shore OF Long Island E. E. MacNamara and H. F. Udell 120 Supplement to the Birds of Central and Prospect Parks Geojfrey Carleton 132 General Note A New Jersey Specimen of Branta canadensis parvipes John Bull 155 Reports of the Secretary for the Years 1958-1970 156 Treasurer’s Report (Condensed) for the Ten Years Ending February 29, 1968 186 'Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ending February 28, 1969 187 Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ending February 28, 1970 188 The Linnaean Prize 189 In Memoriam 191 Memorials 192 Constitution and By-Laws 203 Membership List, June 1970 210 Supplement To Birds Of The New York Area John Bull A continuity of record is important for showing trends in bird life. This supplement attempts to indicate these trends. It is hoped that authors of future lists of the avifauna of the New York area will maintain this continuity and that the lists will appear at fre- quent intervals, possibly every four or five years. Unless this is done, preparation for the succeeding book will be an overwhelm- ing burden for the next writer. An ever increasing amount of data is bound to accumulate as the number of birdwatchers in- creases correspondingly. Although there is an abundance of information on the mi- grant birds of this region, as well as on the winter visitants, the breeding birds have been woefully neglected. There is always plenty of manpower available when it comes to the Christmas censuses, the winter waterfowl counts, big May days, and running down rarities throughout the year. But when the time comes for taking a breeding-bird census, searching for nests, surveying the colonial breeders, or assisting serious field workers in plotting and mapping the distribution of our less common nesting species, then the average birdwatcher lays aside his binoculars, as he feels there is nothing “exciting” until the fall migration. Never- theless information obtained about our breeding birds, together with the field work entailed, have their rewards. For example, the data acquired on nesting habits or documentation of increases and decreases of the various species are of far greater significance than the listing of all accidental species that have ever occurred or may occur within the New York City region. The present treatment of the species account is the same as that found in Bull (1964). By referring to that work the reader will understand the significance of the data contained in this sup- plement. An asterisk after the species name means that there is specimen evidence for that species. The letter B after the species name indicates that breeding evidence has been obtained. For both maximum counts and early and late dates, the names of ob- servers are omitted unless the counts and dates are of exceptional nature. AMNH=American Museum of Natural History. USNM= United States National Museum. Records are included from January 1, 1964, through July 31, 1968. In addition there are a few old records of interest, believed to be published here for the first time, and an important breeding record published as long ago as 1920, but subsequently overlook- ed. 1 . With the exception of the Escape and Hypothetical lists, no species new to the region has been recorded since the end of 1963. A supposed Blue-faced Booby {Sula dactylatra) reported on eastern Long Island in September 1965 was later proved to be a Gannet (Morus hassanus)', see Ebba News, 29:72, 1966. Three species bred in the region for the first known time as follows; Redhead on Long Island in 1965, but see Bull (1964:134); Willet on Long Island in 1966; Red-bellied Woodpecker in north- ern New Jersey in 1967. There are now (1968) a total of 193 species known to have bred within the area. Acknowledgments The writer wishes to thank the members of the Linnaean Society of New York and other bird clubs throughout the area for submitting records and helping to compile certain statistical information. There are also a number of persons who gave much time and effort in assisting me in numerous ways. The help of these individuals is gratefully acknowledged: Geoffrey Carleton, Howard Cleaves, Richard Cohen, Tom Davis, Adrian Dignan, Aline Dove, Eugene Eisenmann, Stanley Grierson, Helen Hays, Wesley Lanyon, Roy Latham, Chris Pineo, William Post, Dennis Pules- ton, Fred Schaeffer, Robert Sutherland, Walter Terry, Ben Trimble, Guy Tudor, and Neil Ward. To my wife, Edith, I owe thanks for typing and editing manuscript. Species Account COMMON LOON (Gavia immer)* 50, Captree State Park, Oct. 9, 1962. RED-THROATED LOON (Gavia stellata)* 50, Montauk Point, Jan. 26, 1964. HORNED GREBE (Podiceps auritiis)* One in breeding plumage, Atlantic Beach, entire summer of 1965. EARED GREBE (Podiceps caspicus)* Regular at Jamaica Bay Refuge since the fall of 1962, with one individual present each season, and two observed on Nov. 20, 1965. Arriving earlier in fall in each succeeding year: 1962—Oct. 11; 1963—Oct. 5; 1964—Sept. 29; departed March 28, 1964. The September and March dates are the earliest and latest recorded by eleven and five days respectively. However, it arrived at Ja- maica Bay Refuge, Sept. 6, 1967 (Norse). Also one at Patchogue, March 9-10, 1968 (M. Hemmerick, Puleston, Raynor, and Cooley) 2 PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps)* B 30, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Oct. 4, 1964. CORY’S SHEARWATER (Puffinus diomedea)* 20, south of Ambrose lightship, Aug. 27, 1962. 435 in one hour, Jones Beach, Oct. 16, 1966 (Davis and W. Houston); an excep- tionally large number for western Long Island. GREATER SHEARWATER (Puffinus gravis)^- 14, Jones Beach, May 1, 1965; earliest arrival by three days. AUDUBON’S SHEARWATER (Puffinus Iherminieri)* An injured individual was picked up on the beach at Fire Island, opposite Blue Point, July 28, 1967 (C. Kessler); specimen identi- fied by W. E. Lanyon, now in AMNH collection. No. 788362; fifth regional record, all specimens from Long Island. LEACH’S PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)* Freshly dead bird picked up at Westhampton Beach, July 3, 1965 (Davis); specimen in AMNH collection. There are well over a dozen local specimens. The species is probably a regular offshore migrant, with a few summering individuals present. Two caught in mist nets at night and subsequently banded. Great Gull Island, Aug. 4 and 6, 1967 (D. Cooper). WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)* Jamaica Bay Refuge, Sept. 26 to Nov. 13, 1964 (numerous ob- servers); eighth known occurrence. BROWN PELICAN (Pelecanus occidentalis)* One observed flying west over the surf at Riis Park, Nov. 3, 1962 (Mayer and Rose); an extremely late date by over a month, eleventh known occurrence. GANNET (Morus hassanus)* Montauk Point, Nov. (Tudor) highest count. Great 800, 3, 1963 ; Gull Island, July 1965 (Cooper and Sutton) third July occur- 25, ; rence, the two previous ones are specimen records. 150 in one hour, Jones Beach, Oct. 16, 1966. GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo)* Immature found dead, Jones Beach, Sept. 21, 1948 (Sandford); specimen not preserved, but color-photographed; identification confirmed by Ryan. This is the sixth local specimen, all from Long Island, and is the second earliest fall occurrence. The above re- cord has apparently not been published. 17, Pelham Bay, Jan. 22, 1964 (Norse); high number for the locality. 3 . MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens) * Male reported well seen off Fisher’s Island, Aug. 20, 1963 (Sim- mons, fide Ferguson); observer previously familiar with the spe- cies in Florida and the Bahamas. Immature, Montauk, July 3, 1965 (Davis and Epstein); latter observer previously familiar with the species in Florida. Female color-photographed in flight over Great South Bay, near Brookhaven, Sept. 18, 1965 (Puleston); photo on file in AMNH collection. These three reports are the fifth, sixth, and seventh for the region, aU from Long Island.
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