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Actitis macularia (263). Spotted Sandpiper. 



Common summer resident from April 8 ('93, Gray) to Oct. 

 18 ('94). Numerous all through the state wherever there is 

 water; they regularly spend the summer at Druid Hill Lake, 

 and a few years ago I frequently observed a pair on Jones Falls 

 opposite Union Station, where no doubt they had a nest. 



On May 30 ('91, J. H. Fisher, Jr.), a nest was found at 

 Tolchester, containing four nearly hatched eggs, and on July 21 

 ('95), four young were still being led by the parents. 



On July 21 ('95), I watched one for some time; the speed 

 with which it ran after a fly, with sudden doubles, was remark- 

 able ; every once in a Avhile it stopped to scratch the back of its 

 head, finally it thought a wash would do that head good, so 

 flying to a shallow part of the run, it squatted down in the 

 water and began to duck its head under, scratching the back of 

 its head on both sides with the nail of the long middle toe, until 

 it got every feather raised and quite wet. The balance of the 

 body received no attention. Hopping on a stone it dried its 

 head by rubbing it against its sides several times and then flew 

 away. This head washing lasted nine minutes. 



Numenius longirostris (264). Long-billed Curlew. 



Breeding on the Atlantic coast as far north as North Carolina, 

 and casually north to New England, this species is "a straggler 

 on the New Jersey coast, occurring generally in May and Septem- 

 ber" (Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 78). On May 23 ('93), two were 

 on Hail Point, Kent County. On August 19 ('93, Janon 

 Fisher), quite a number were shot a few miles south of Ocean 

 City, and during September ('93, G. A. Rasch), they were un- 

 usually plentiful at Cobb's Island. 



Numenius hudsonicus (265). Hudsonian Curlew. 



Migratory through the United States. One day in August, 

 1881, W. H. Fisher shot three about eight miles below Ocean 

 City, Md. On May 19 ('91), he saw a good many at New 



