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''from September 27 ('89, R. Ridgway) to April 29 {'88)" 

 (Richmond). While a few come round the farm buildings, 

 others may be found in dry upland woods, but to see any num- 

 ber in the course of a day's walk, our wooded watercourses 

 must be followed, where they will usually be found among the 

 roots that hang from the washed banks, the individuals being 

 about one-half a mile apart. On November 27, '92, Mr. 

 W. N. Wlioley and I heard one sing in Dulaney's Valley. 



Cistothorus stellaris (724). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



Very rare. On April 18, '79, a specimen was presented to 

 the Maryland Academy of Sciences by Mr. W. S. Clayton. 

 Presumably it was taken in the vicinity of Baltimore. At 

 Washington E. M. Hasbrouck has taken two specimens ; one, a 

 female, on May 9, '90 (Auk, vii, 289), the other on May 3, 

 '93 (Richmond). " Rare migrant, and in southern New Jersey 

 occasional (regular?) winter resident" (Birds E. Fa. and N. J., 

 144; Auk, ix, 204). 



Cistothorus palustris (725). Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Common summer resident in the marshes of tidewater Mary- 

 land ; it probably also winters in limited numbers in southern 

 Maryland, as Messrs. S. N. Rhoads and Witmer Stone found it 

 " tolerably common in cattail swamps" at Cape May City, N. 

 J., January 26 to 29, '92, (Auk, ix. 204). Noted near Balti- 

 more from April 28 ('94, W^holey) to October 14 ('91, Resler), 

 and at Washington to October 19 ('90, Richmond). Nests with 

 eggs range from June 3 ('90) to August 7 ('90), on which latter 

 date 3 other nests were ready for eggs, so presumably they nest 

 later. Sets are 1 of 2, 1 of 3, 9 of 4, 6 of 5, and 1 of 6. At 

 Hagerstown one was observed " for a few days in spring in 

 the yard" (Small). 



Family Ceethiid.e — Creepers. 



Certhia familiaris americana (726). Brown Creeper. 



Fairly common during winter from September 26 ('94, Res- 

 ler) to May 8 ('75, Resler). " One was taken at Washington 



