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Extreme nesting dates are May 21 (’93), when 2 eggs were 
in a Robin’s nest with 3 of the owners, and August 25 (’95), 
when a young bird was being fed by Indigo Birds. As a rule, 
only one egg is found in a nest in Maryland ; the only instance 
of more, beside the one mentioned above, that I know of, is 3 in 
a Wood Thrush’s nest with one of the owners, found in Talbot 
County on July 25, 795 (Tylor). 
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (497). Yellow-headed 
Blackbird. 
Near Baltimore specimens of this western bird have been 
taken as follows: On September 10, ’91 a male was shot from 
a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds feeding in a wild oat marsh 
near Curtis Bay by Mr. Otto Nickel, who presented it in the 
flesh to A. Resler, in whose collection it now is. On September 
18, ’93, a female was shot from a bunch of Blackbirds at 
Patapsco marsh by Richard Cantler; this I secured for the 
Maryland Academy of Sciences. On October 1, °94, Mr. 
Edwin Schenck got another female at Patapsco Marsh ; it was 
flying by itself. ‘This one had the feathers removed by an 
over-active cook. * 
“A female was brought me on August 29, ’92, that was 
killed from a flock of Blackbirds on the marshes adjoining 
Washington. This is the first record for the District of 
Columbia” (E. M. Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 92). 
Agelaius phceniceus (498). Red-winged Blackbird. 
Resident in tidewater Maryland, but not found in the 
uplands during winter. Nesting among the reeds, grass or 
bushes of swamps or wet meadows, I was rather surprised when 
a nest was found in a wild aster on top of a hill and fully a ' 
mile away from the nearest piece of swamp and one-eighth of a 
mile from the run. On May 13 (’94, Tylor) eggs were found 
in Talbot County; near Baltimore, from May 18 (90) to July 
26 (81). Sets are 1 of 1, 10 of 2, 44 of 3, 30 of 4, and 3 
of 5. At Vale Summit I only noted a single female on June 
138, 795. 
