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'80, at Back River. At that time they were quite common, and 

 no special attention was paid to them. 



Family Tanagrid^e — Tanagers. 

 Piranga erythromelas (608). Scarlet Tanager. 



Summer resident ; generally dispersed, but local and not very 

 common. Noted from May 4 ('92, Resler) to October 7 ('93, 

 Pleasants). At Washington "from April 25 ('95) to October 

 7 ('88, W. T. Roberts)" (Richmond). 



Nests with eggs are noted from June 2 ('88, J. H. Fisher, 

 Jr.) to July 18 ('93, Pleasants), while in Howard County three 

 fresh eggs were collected on August 1 ('92, Resler). Sets are 

 2 of 3 and 3 of 4. 



Only a single pair at Vale Summit, June 8, '95. 



Piranga rubra (610). Summer Tanager. 



Summer resident ; about as numerous as the last species, noted 

 at Washington from April 28 ('94, Richmond) and at Balti- 

 more from April 30 ('93, Blogg) to September 12 ('93, Gray). 

 Eggs are recorded from June 7 ('93, Wholey) to July 10 ('93, 

 Bloggs). Sets are 4 of 3 and 1 of 4. 



In '90—1—2, Scarlet Tanagers occupied a piece of open woods 

 back of our house in Dulaney's Valley ; in '93, there were no 

 Scarlet Tanagers, but several pairs of Summer Tanagers; in 

 '94, no Tanagers appeared; but this year ('95), four or five 

 pairs of both species spent the summer, some of them nesting 

 quite close to the house. Both species have been more numer- 

 ous this year than I have known them before. 



Family Hirundinid^ — Swallows. 



Progne subis (611). Purple Martin. 



Common summer resident. First noted in Kent County on 

 March 30 ('95, Fisher), and in Baltimore County from April 2 

 ('93) to October 15 ('93). In spring they are generally first 

 observed at the bird boxes, these they leave as soon as the young 



