AVK.S. 173 



r as.sk u i:s. osc ■ i n i:s. 



HIHlNniMDAE. 



p. C.l. pi. ;{I. "fiTATs-U.Nis." Audiil.oii. Birds of Aiiicr,. isU), 



vol. 1, ]». 17."i, |>1. 1(1. K^fi. ("'ii|)('ii, JSsC), pi. (i, fiji. 10. 



( )pni (•oiiiitrv. ('.sptH'iiiliy near water; lu'st.s in cavitii-s of di-ad 

 triH'.s or in bird hoxr.s. 



Mk. — Coininoii iiiii;raiit and suinnuT rt'sidrnt. (Mar. 19) 

 Aj.ril 4-Sf|)t. 21. Kj,'jrs. May .JO-.June 11. 



N. II. — Common mijijrant and less comnion .summer rcsidcni at 

 lowerek'vation.s. Mar. 2."i-Scpt. 



Vt. — Common miifrant and less common summer resident. 

 Eg^s, .June 1. 



Mass. — Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 (Mar. 15) Mar. 22-()ct. 17 (Nov. 2). Eggs, May 14 June j.",. 



Iv. 1. — Common migrant and less common summer resident; 

 casual in winter. (Mar. 12) Mar. 2S-Oct. IS. Kggs. May 24- 

 30. 



Co.vx. — Common migrant and less common summer rcsidi-nt. 

 Mar. 25-Oct. 17 (Oct. 22). Eggs, June. 



321. KiP.\Hi.\ RiP.\Ri.\ (Linn^) Sliar])e and Wvatt. 



Bank swallow; Sand martin or swallow. 



Ilinuulo riparia Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 17.")N, vol. 1. |). H)2. 

 "i.\ Eii<oi'.\p: collihus arenosis arriitis." Audulion. Birds 

 of Amer., 1.S40, vol. 1, p. 187, pi. 50. Egg, Capen, l.SSii, pi. G, 



fig. 14. 



Open country near rivers and lakes; nests in colonies in burrows 

 dug in .sandy bluffs. 



Me. — Connncjn migrant ami summer ri-sidcnt. (.\|)ril I'J) .\prii 

 25-Se|.t. 1 (Sept. 1<)). Eggs. May 29-June 24. 



N. II. — Common migrant and local summer ri'sident. .May- 

 Aug. 24. Eggs, May 2(5. 



Vt. — Common migrant and local summer n'siilent. .\pril 28- 

 summer. 



