]\T 20 ] T HE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. I4 1 



Riparia riparia (Linnaeus). Bank Swallow. 



A summer resident from May until August, abundant locally 

 where suitable banks occur along the larger rivers, but absent 

 through much of the state except as a migrant. 



Earliest record. New Haven. April 25, 1888; Portland, 



April 17, 1882. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. II, 1902, Sept. 23, 1906 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, Sept. 25, 1891. 



Nest. In a narrow burrow several feet deep, excavated by 

 the birds in a sand bank, usually on the bank of a river ; generally 

 composed largely of feathers. 



Eggs. 2-6; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 17, 1872, one egg, May 

 21, four eggs (J. H. S.) ; May 22, 1904, six eggs (J. C. A. M.). 

 Latest record. June 14, 1893, three eggs (J. C. A. M.). 



Unusual set. June 17, 1905, Litchfield, two incubated eggs 

 (E. S. W.). 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon) . Rough-winged 



Swallow. 



A tolerably common summer resident of the southern border 

 of the state from May until August ; much rarer in the interior. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 1, 1897, April 30, 1907 



(A. A. S.). 



Latest record. New Haven, Aug. 13, 1903. 



Unusual record. March 3, 1888, Stamford (Hoyt, in coll. of 



L. B. B.). 



Nest. Located in a burrow in a sand bank, usually excavated 

 by the birds themselves, wide enough to admit a man's arm, and 

 somewhat broader than high, and from 3 to 5 feet long. Nest 

 large and bulky and usually composed of sticks, weed stalks, grass, 

 and leaves. Nests have also been found in empty pipes (A. A. 

 S. and Case), 1 in an old Kingfisher's nest (E. S. W. and J. C. 

 A. M.), in a crevice of the arch of a stone bridge (Porter, May 

 26, 1894), and in the drain-pipe of a bridge (Beers, May 30, 



1904). 



Eggs. 5-7 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 22, 1904, seven eggs 

 (J. C. A. M.). Latest record. June 24, 1900, five eggs (Hill). 



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