1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 32? 



Now they are all over the State and here to stay, being common iu 

 the cities and towns, while there is scarcely a house in the country 

 without more or less of them round it. In Baltimore City they are 

 frequently seen building in the winter ; these, I believe, are only 

 roosting nests. On May 17 ('91) eggs about one-half incubated 

 were taken, and on August 16 ('91) birds, just hatched, were found. 

 Sets are 2 of 2, 2 of 3, 9 of 4, 7 of 5, and 2 of 6. 



Loxia curvirostra minor (521). American Crossbill. 



Very irregular in its movements ; I have only observed this 

 species once. On November 11, '94, about 25 were feeding on 

 the cones of a small scrub pine, at the north end of Dulaney's 

 Valley; they were quite wild, and did not remain ten minutes; 

 when flushed, they flew clear out of sight. 



At Lawyer's Hill, Howard County, about a half mile from 

 Relay, in March, '90, Mr. C. Gamble Lowndes found "a flock 

 of about 40 in a small bunch of pines; firing into them, two 

 came to the ground dead, and several others, also dead, hung 

 from the branches by their bills or claws, so that they were 

 dislodged with difficulty. The others were all killed during a 

 week with a small rifie, and were quite good eating. At night 

 they roosted in a small ravine filled with pines and scrub oaks, 

 and they spent the entire day in the clump of pines." 



On January 16, '91, one was taken at Bush River, by Mr. 

 Basil Sollers. Late in October, '89, two were shot out of a 

 flock of about 20 in Talbot County (Tylor). At Cumberland 

 " it is seldom seen ; some years ago I killed one out of a flock 

 with a cane" (Z. Laney). 



" On May 23, '84, Mr. Geo. Marshall shot two, male and 

 female, from a flock of five, near Laurel, Md. The female showed 

 unmistakable evidence of having recently incubated. Two days 

 later another male was shot in the same locality" (Smith. 

 Report, '84, 146). 



"On May 17, '85, an adult male and a young bird in the 

 striped feather, barely able to fly, were seen by me in a pine 

 sapling, a short distance beyond the city (Washington) limits " 

 (Hugh M. Smith, Auk, ii, 379). 



