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“from September 27 (89, R. Ridgway) to April 29 (88) mp 
(Richmond). While a few come round the farm buildings, 
others may be found in dry upland woods, but to see any num- 
ber in the course of a day’s walk, our wooded watercourses 
must be followed, where they will usually be found among the 
roots that hang from the washed banks, the individuals being 
about one-half a mile apart. On November 27, ’92, Mr. 
W..N. Wholey and I heard one sing in Dulaney’s Valley. 
Cistothorus stellaris (724). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 
Very rare. On April 18, ’79, a specimen was presented to 
the Maryland Academy of Sciences by Mr. W. 8. Clayton. 
Presumably it was taken in the vicinity of Baltimore. At 
Washington E. M. Hasbrouck has taken two specimens; one, a 
female, on May 9, ’90 (Auk, vii, 289), the other on May 3, 
’93 (Richmond). “ Rare migrant, and in southern New Jersey 
occasional (regular?) winter resident” (Birds E. Fa. and N. J., 
144; Auk, ix, 204). 
Cistothorus palustris (725). Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
Common summer resident in the marshes of tidewater Mary- 
land ; it probably also winters in limited numbers in southern 
Maryland, as Messrs. 8. N. Rhoads and Witmer Stone found it 
“tolerably common in cattail swamps” at Cape May City, N. 
J., January 26 to 29, 792, (Auk, ix. 204). Noted near Balti- 
more from April‘28 (94, Wholey) to October 14 (’91, Resler), 
and at Washington to October 19 (’90, Richmond). Nests with 
eggs range from June 3 (’90) to August 7 (’90), on which latter 
date 3 other nests were ready for eggs, so presumably they nest 
later. Sets are 1 of 2, 1 of 3, 9 of 4, 6 of 5, and 1 of 6. At 
Hagerstown one was observed “for a few days in spring in 
the yard” (Small). 
Family Cerrnipa#—Creepers. 
Certhia familiaris americana (726). Brown Creeper. 
Fairly common during winter from September 26 (’94, Res- 
ler) to May 8 (75, Resler). “One was taken at Washington 
