1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 241 
A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF MARYLAND. 
By F, CG. KIRKWOOD. 
The following list of the Birds of Maryland is the result of 
a promise made to the late Prof. Geo. L. Smith shortly before 
his untimely death. It includes all our regular birds and is 
specially intended to give the time of their arrival and depar- 
ture and also their nesting periods. It also includes such 
stragglers as I have been able to find record of, and such as no 
doubt occur, but have not been recorded within our limits, 
our state being very deficient in ornithological lists. 
It is compiled from the author’s field work from January 1, 
1881, to date, combined with which is that of the following 
gentlemen who kindly gave me the use of their collections and 
note books, and to whom I now extend thanks : 
Wn. H. Fisher, Baltimore City. 
Arthur Resler, «7 « 
W.N. Wholey, “ ie 
A. T. Hoen, “ e 
Geo. H. Gray, & ee 
P. T. Blogg, € se 
J. Hall Pleasants, Jr., Baltimore City. 
J. E. Tylor, Easton, Md. 
H. W. Stabler, Jr, Sandy Springs, Md. 
The late Edgar A. Small, Hagerstown, Md. 
Robt. Shriver, Cumberland, Md. 
T have also to accord my thanks to others mentioned in the 
text and to Mr. Robt. Ridgway, of Washington, and especially, 
to Mr. Chas. W. Richmond, of Washington, who has kindly given 
his time to an ample review of the manuscript and added many 
important notes, giving items from the District of pe 
and surrounding country. 
The large majority of my own observations during the last 
six years have been made in Dulaney’s Valley, Baltimore 
County, and during the last four years I have spent two weeks 
