1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 309 



In Dulaney's Valley on March 10 ('95) a nest was found 

 with an egg about to hatch and a young bird not 24 hours old, 

 and on April 24 ('92) two young birds just out of the nest were 

 captured alive. 



Sets are 1 of 1, 8 of 2, 1 of 3, and early in April '91 four 

 birds just out of the nest and sitting together on a limb were 

 seen in Talbot County, two of these were captured and raised 

 in confinement (Tylor). 



Nyctea nyctea (376j. Snowy Owl. 



More or less numerous in Maryland during severe winters, 

 this species cannot at any time be called common. Quite a 

 number are on record from all over the state, but I cannot get 

 exact dates. 



Order PSITTACI— Parrots, etc. 



Family Psittacid.e — Parrots and Paroquets. 



Conurus carolinensis (382). Carolina Paroquet. 



Originally well known in tidewater Maryland, the only 

 occurrence for many years is recorded as follows: "In Sep- 

 tember, '65, while gunning for Sora on the Potomac Piver, Mr. 

 Ed. Derrick fired into a flock of strange birds flying overhead, 

 killing several which proved to be Carolina Paroquets. He 

 had one mounted and kept the specimen in his house for a 

 number of years. Other parties on the marsh at the same time 

 shot numbers of the birds" (H. M. Smith, and Wm. Palmer, 

 Auk, v, 148). 



Order COCCYGES — Cuckoos, Kingfishers, etc. 



Family Cuculid^e — Cuckoos, etc. 



Coccyzus americanus (387). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Common summer resident, but more often heard than seen. 

 Extreme dates are April 28 ('88, Pesler) and October 14 ('91, 

 Pesler). Nests with eggs have been found from June 7 ('93, 



