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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^: 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 HIRUNDINIDJE 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 



