24 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



The range of the swift in Ohio is restricted to the unglaciated area, its 

 immediate vicinity and the counties to the west lying just north of the Ohio 

 River (see Map 2). Locahty records are: 



Adams County: Buzzard's Rock, Jefferson Twp. (OSM 226); Cedar Mills 

 (TZS 714); Green Twp. (OSM 168); Jefferson Twp. (TZS 713); E of Locust 

 Grove (OSM 388); Lynx Prairie, near Lynx (TZS 710); Serpent Mound, Bratton 

 Twp. (AS). Athens County: Near Athens (OU; TZS 1052). Clermont Coun- 

 ty: Miami Twp. (OSM 377.I-.2); Union Twp. (CSNH 1836). Fairfield County: 

 (Morse, 1904); Sugar Grove (OSM 159, 160.1-.12). Gallia CountY: Near Blazer, 

 Gallipolis (TZS 1829); Vinton (OSM 269.1-.2). Hamilton County: Cincinnati 

 (Morse. 1904); Westwood (CSNH 1167). Highland County: Beaver Mill, Paint 

 Twp. (TZS 427); Carmel; Hillsboro (TZS 761). HoCKiNG CoUNTY: Clear Creek, 

 Good Hope Twp. (OSM 161, 209.2, 361; TZS 416-7, 1534-5); Salt Creek Twp. 

 (AS; TZS 988). Jackson County: Franklin Twp. (TZS 1075); Jackson (TZS 

 1258-9); White's Gorge, Liberty Twp. Jefferson County: Brush Creek Twp. 

 (CM 4220); near Irondale, Brush Creek Twp. (TZS 1561); New Somerset, Toronto 

 (OSM 271.1). Knox County: Brinkhaven (OSM 178, 368; TZS 1864-5). 

 Lawrence County: Near Arabia, Aid Twp. (TZS 419); Dean Forest, Elizabeth 

 Twp. (OSM 162.1 -.2); Ironton (TZS 2301-8); Union Twp. (OSM 2 17.1 -.2); 

 Vesuvius Furnace, Elizabeth Twp. Meigs County: near Bashan (OSM 403); 

 Salem Twp. (OSM 38 1.1 -.2); Sutton Twp. (TZS 415). MoNROE CoUNTY: Near 

 Cline, Washington Twp. (TZS 1993). Morgan County: Malta (AS). Mus- 

 kingum County: High Hill (OSM ' 476) ; Poverty Ridge, Blue Rock Twp. 

 (TZS 2409-11). Noble County: Buffalo Twp. (TZS 1260). Perry County: 

 Monday Creek Twp. (OSM 227). PiKE County : Chimney Rocks, Jackson Twp. 

 (OSM 234); Laurel Ridge, Sunflsh Twp. (TZS 1080); Mifflm Twp. (TZS 579). 

 Ross County: Big Round Top Mountain, Paint Twp. (CSNH 1866A-J); Bourne- 

 ville (OSM 222.1-.2); Chillicothe (Morse, 1904); Coleram Twp. (TZS 391); 

 Copperas Mountain, Twin Twp. (TZS 1278-80). ScioTO County : Brush Creek 

 Twp. (TZS 712); Franklin Furnace (TZS 1819-20); 5 mi. SW of Otway (TZS 

 1882); Roosevelt Game Preserve, Nile Twp. (TZS 696-709, 1495); near Sedan; 

 Union Twp. (OSM 179). Vinton County: Harrison Twp. (TZS 1270, 1276); 

 Pigeon Creek, Harrison Twp. (TZS 711). WASHINGTON CoUNTY: Lawrence Twp. 

 (OSM 219); Marietta (MC). 



Habitat and Habits. — In some localities swifts may be characterized as 

 abundant. They frequently were seen on field trips and it was unusual not to 

 take at least one specimen on each excursion to unglaciated Ohio. In some 

 localities as many as a dozen were collected in a few hours, and often a like 

 or greater number escaped as a result. of their agility or the inaccessibility of 

 the places in which they were observed. In general, it may be said that the 

 swift is common in the more southern unglaciated counties and rarer to the 

 north and west. 



Individuals were found in a variety of habitats but there appeared to be a 

 preference for the drier woods and hillsides. A few were collected in such 

 moist places as on the banks of streams or in damp ravines, but by far the 

 greater number were in much drier situations. They were seldom seen far 

 from woods but if they were in the open, a brush pile, a heap of rocks or 

 other cover was usually near into which they could dart when alarmed. 



Specimens often had their own individual resting places and most of these 

 were well exposed to the sun and in the vicinity of an adequate food 

 supply in the form of ants, beetles, etc. Favorite spots were rotting logs or 

 stumps, the trunks of dead trees, large rocks, the edges of cliffs, etc. When 



