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''from September 27 ('89, R. Bidgway) 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. Wholey and I heard one sing in Dulaney's Valley. 



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



Very rare. On April 18, '79, a specimen w r as 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. 1ST. 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, Wholey) 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 GERTRUDES 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 



