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Extreme nesting dates are May 21 ('93), when 2 eggs were 

 in a Robin's nest with 3 of the owners, and August 25 ('95), 

 when a young bird was being fed by Indigo Birds. As a rule, 

 only one egg is found in a nest in Maryland ; the only instance 

 of more, beside the one mentioned above, that I know of, is 3 in 

 a Wood Thrush's nest with one of the owners, found in Talbot 

 County on July 25, '95 (Tylor). 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (497). Yellow-headed 



Blackbird. 



Near Baltimore specimens of this western bird have been 

 taken as follows : On September 10, '91 a male was shot from 

 a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds feeding in a wild oat marsh 

 near Curtis Bay by Mr. Otto Nickel, who presented it in the 

 flesh to A. Resler, in whose collection it now is. On September 

 18, '93, a female was shot from a bunch of Blackbirds at 

 Patapsco marsh by Richard Cantler; this I secured for the 

 Maryland Academy of Sciences. On October 1, '94, Mr. 

 Edwin Schenck got another female at Patapsco Marsh ; it was 

 flying by itself. This one had the feathers removed by an 

 over-active cook. 



^'A female was brought me on August 29, '92, that was 

 killed from a flock of Blackbirds on the marshes adjoining 

 Washington. This is the first record for the District of 

 Columbia " (E. M. Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 92). 



Agelaius phoeniceus (498). Red-winged Blackbird. 



Resident in tidewater Maryland, but not found in the 

 uplands during winter. Nesting among the reeds, grass or 

 bushes of swamps or wet meadows, I was rather surprised when 

 a nest was found in a wild aster on top of a hill and fully a 

 mile away from the nearest piece of swamp and one-eighth of a 

 mile from the run. On May 13 ('94, Tylor) eggs were found 

 in Talbot County; near Baltimore, from May 18 ('90) to July 

 26 ('81). Sets are 1 of 1, 10 of 2, 44 of 3, 30 of 4, and 3 

 of 5. At Vale Summit I only noted a single female on June 

 13, '95. 



