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Hammond, Fort Laramie, 1857; Bond, common at Cheyenne; 

 Jesurun, abundant at Douglas ; Gilmore, nest built under the 

 eaves of water tank, Harper's : nest with three eggs and no lin- 

 ing; Holden, Black bills (Sherman), 1872; Coues, two Wyo- 

 ming references ; Williston, abundant Lake Como. 



613. Hirundo erythrogastra Bodd. 



Barn Swallow. 

 Summer resident ; common. Breeding below 7,500 feet. 

 Drexel reports them from Fort Bridger, 1858; Merriam, Yel- 

 lowstone park, 1872; Grinned from Yellowstone park, 1875; 

 Williston as abundant at Lake Como, 1879; Jesurun, common 

 at Douglas ; Bond, common at Cheyenne ; Coues reports them 

 from Lower Geyser Basin and Yellowstone river ; Cary, com- 

 mon breeder under ranch sheds about' Newcastle ; Aiken re- 

 ported them from near Sherman. I have seen this species in 

 the following localities : Sundance, Sheridan, Buffalo, Otto, 

 Bonanza, near Casper and on the Laramie plains. There are 

 five skins in the University collection that have been taken in 

 Albany and Carbon counties. 



614. Tachycineta bicolor (ViEill.). 



Tree Swallow. 

 Summer resident ; not common. Locally they seem to be 

 plentiful, but are very particular in selecting a breeding place. 

 Drexel reported this species from Fort Bridger in 1858 ; Bond 

 has taken a few at Cheyenne ; Cary has observed them near 

 Newcastle. I have found them breeding on the Little Laramie 

 river, 20 miles west of Laramie, and along Medicine Lodge 

 creek in Big Horn county. 



615. Tachycineta thalassina (Swains.). 



Violet-green Swallow. 

 Summer resident and abundant in desirable localities. 

 They arrive on the Laramie plains about the 1st of Mav and 

 by the 15th they are seen in great numbers in the vicinity 



