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and Blogg). At Hagerstown “a male with testes as large as 
peas was shot by A. J. Jones on May 23, ’82” (Small). 
Passerina cyanea (598). Indigo Bunting. 
Common summer resident; first noted on April 30 (92, Gray) 
and common from May 2 (’93) to September 30 (’94); the last 
was taken on October 5 (’87, Resler). At Washington, “noted 
on April 29 (’94, Currie, Preble and Hasbrouck) ; it was still 
common on September 30 (’90, ’94), while one was found on 
October 15 (90); and on December 13 (’87) Mr. M. M. Green 
shot one, it was ‘fat and healthy’ ” (Richmond). 
A nest ready for eggs on May 25 (’90) contained 3 on June 
1, and on August 29 (’91); a brood of young left a nest on 
being disturbed. Sets are 1 of 1, 5 of 2, 17 of 3 and 5 of 4. 
At Vale Summit they were common, June 5 to 14, 795. 
Spiza americana (604). Dickcissel. 
“A summer resident. This bird used to arrive regularly 
about the first of May, and leave towards the end of September, 
meanwhile being very abundant. . . . Now, however, the 
birds seem to have forsaken us, few, if any, having been heard 
for the past few years” (A. C., 67). “Extremely rare; this 
bird is said to have been abundant formerly, but it appears to 
have withdrawn almost entirely from this vicinity. A male, 
seen by Mr. Henshaw about the last of May, ’87, was very 
likely nesting ” (C. W. Richmond, Auk, v, 22). “At Jefferson, 
Maryland, Mr. J. D. Figgins got one on August 4, ’90, and 2 
more the next day” (Richmond). 
The case seems to be paralleled near Baltimore. I have 
been several times told of its former abundance, and how easily 
it was taken with bird-lime. The only late item, however, is 
“on May 7,’92, near Wyndhurst Avenue, on the Baltimore and 
Lehigh Railroad track, I heard a strange bird song; locating 
it, I saw a male Black-throated Bunting, it was in plain sight 
and identification is positive” (Wholey). Specimens were taken 
by Mr. Resler on May 20, ’76, June 10, ’76 and October 2, 
