1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 291 
Actitis macularia (263). Spotted Sandpiper. 
Common summer resident from April 8 (938, Gray) to Oct. 
18 (94). Numerous all through the state wherever there is 
water; they regularly spend the summer at Druid Hill Lake, 
and a few years ago I frequently observed a pair on Jones Falls 
opposite Union Station, where no doubt they had a nest. 
On May 30 (91, J. H. Fisher, Jr.), a nest was found at 
Tolchester, containing four nearly hatched eggs, and on July 21 
(95), four young were still being led by the parents. 
On July 21 (95), I watched one for some time; the speed 
with which it ran after a fly, with sudden doubles, was remark- 
able ; every once in a while it stopped to scratch the back of its 
head, finally it thought a wash would do that head good, so 
flying to a shallow part of the run, it squatted down in the 
water and began to duck its head under, scratching the back of 
its head on both sides with the nail of the long middle toe, until 
it got every feather raised and quite wet. The balance of the 
body received no attention, Hopping on a stone it dried its 
head by rubbing it against its sides several times and then flew 
away. ‘This head washing lasted nine minutes. : 
Numenius longirostris (264). Long-billed Curlew. 
Breeding on the Atlantic coast as far north as North Carolina, 
and casually north to New England, this species is “a straggler 
onthe New Jersey coast, occurring generally in May and Septem- 
ber” (Birds E. Pa. and N. J., 78). On May 23 (’93), two were 
on Hail Point, Kent County. On August 19 (93, Janon 
Fisher), quite a number were shot a few miles south of Ocean 
City, and during September (’93, G. A. Rasch), they were un- 
usually plentiful at, Cobb’s Island. 
Numenius hudsonicus (265). Hudsonian Curlew. 
Migratory through the United States. One day in August, 
1881, W. H. Fisher shot three about eight miles below Ocean 
City, Md. On May 19 (791), he saw a good many at New 
