1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 241 



A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF MARYLAND. 



By F. C. KIRKWOOD. 



The following list of the Birds of Maryland is the result of 

 a promise made to the late Prof. Geo. L. Smith shortly before 

 his untimely death. It includes all our regular birds and is 

 specially intended to give the time of their arrival and depar- 

 ture and also their nesting periods. It also includes such 

 stragglers as I have been able to find record of, and such as no 

 doubt occur, but have not been recorded within our limits, 

 our state being very deficient in ornithological lists. 



It is compiled from the author's field work from Jaiuiary 1, 

 1881, to date, combined with which is that of the following 

 gentlemen who kindly gave me the use of their collections and 

 note books, and to whom I now extend thanks : 



Wm. H. Fisher, Baltimore City. 



Ai'thur Resler, " " 



W. N. Wholey, 



A. T. Hoen, " " 



Geo. H. Gray, " " 



P. T. Blogg, '' '< 



J. Hall Pleasants, Jr., Baltimore City. 



J. E. Tylor, Easton, Md. 



H. W. Stabler, Jr., Sandy Springs, Md. 



The late Edgar A. Small, Hagerstown, Md. 



Robt. Shriver, Cumberland, Md. 

 I have also to accord my thanks to others mentioned in the 

 text and to Mr. Robt. Ridgway, of Washington, and especially 

 to Mr. Chas.W. Richmond, of Washington, who has kindly given 

 his time to an ample review of the manuscript and added many 

 important notes, giving items from the District of Columbia 

 and surrounding country. 



The large majority of my own observations during the last 

 six years have been made in Dulaney's Valley, Baltimore 

 County, and during the last four years I have spent two weeks 



