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and Blogg). At Hagerstown "a male with testes as large as 

 peas was shot hy A. J. Jones on May 23, '82 " (Small). 



Passerina cyanea (598). Indigo Bunting. 



Common summer resident; first noted on April 30 ('92, Gray) 

 and common from May 2 ('93) to September 30 ('94); the last 

 was taken on October 5 ('87, Resler). At Washington, "noted 

 on April 29 ('94, Currie, Preble and Hasbrouck) ; it was still 

 common on September 30 ('90, '94), while one was found on 

 October 15 ('90); and on December 13 ('87) Mr. M. M. Green 

 shot one, it was ' fat and healthy ' " (Richmond). 



A nest ready for eggs on May 25 ('90) contained 3 on June 

 1, and on August 29 ('91) ; a brood of young left a nest on 

 being disturbed. Sets are 1 of 1, 5 of 2, 17 of 3 and 5 of 4. 



At Vale Summit they were common, June 5 to 14, '95. 



Spiza americana (604). Dickcissel. 



"A summer resident. This bird used to arrive regularly 

 about the first of May, and leave towards the end of September, 

 meanwhile being very abundant. . . . Now, however, the 

 birds seem to have forsaken us, few, if any, having been heard 

 for the past few years" (A. C, 67). " Extremely rare ; this 

 bird is said to have been abundant formerly, but it appears to 

 have withdrawn almost entirely from this vicinity. A male, 

 seen by Mr. Henshaw about the last of May, '87, was very 

 likely nesting " (C. W. Richmond; Auk, v, 22). "At Jefferson, 

 Maryland, Mr. J. D. Figgins got one on August 4, '90, and 2 

 more the next day" (Richmond). 



The case seems to be paralleled near Baltimore. I have 

 been several times told of its former abimdance, and how easily 

 it was taken with bird-lime. The only late item, however, is 

 "on May 7, '92, near Wyndhurst Avenue, on the Baltimore and 

 Lehigh Railroad track, I heard a strange bird song ; locating 

 it, I saw a male Black- throated Bunting, it was in plain sight 

 and identification is positive" (Wholey). Specimens were taken 

 by Mr. Resler on May 20, '76, June 10, '76 and October 2, 



