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an old shack ; it was also found on Spur creek and was very common 

 along Milk river, St. Mary river, and Lee creek to the foothills of the 

 Rocky mountains ; two observed at the head of Lesser Slave lake in 

 June, 1903; common from Edmonton to Yellowhead pass in June, 

 1898; occasionally seen in the foothills from Calgary southward to 

 Crow Nest pass in July and August, 1897 ; a common species at Banff, 

 Rocky mountains, breeding in the barns and outhouses in the village 

 in June, 1891; first seen at Midway, B.C., May 9th, and observed 

 breeding in several places along the Similkameen river; not seen in 

 the Columbia valley except on the mountains on the west side of 

 Pass creek, near Robson, B.C., June 26th, 1890; common at Kam- 

 loops, Spence Bridge and Penticton, B.C. ; specimens were taken at 

 Westminster Junction, Agassiz and Hastings, Burrard inlet, B.C., 

 in 1899; abundant at Chilli wack in the spring of 1901 ; a few seen at 

 Huntingdon, on the International Boundary, in September; an 

 abundant summer resident throughout Vancouver island. {Spread- 

 borough.) In the Northwest Territories, where the habitations of 

 men are few and far between, it inhabits caves, particularly in the 

 limestone rocks, and it also frequents the outhouses of the trading 

 posts. When Fort Franklin was erected on the shores of Great Bear 

 lake, in the autumn of 1825, we found many nests in the ruins of a 

 house that had been abandoned for more than ten years. At Fort 

 Chipweyan, in lat. 59°, the barn swallows arrive regularly about 

 May 15th, and we observed them in the same month at Fort Good 

 Hope, on the Mackenzie river, in lat. 67^°. {Richardson.) Several 

 seen about tall cliffs on the north side of Great Slave lake. {E. T. 

 Seton.) North to Fort Resolution, on Great Slave lake; rare. {Ross.) 

 An abundant summer resident throughout British Columbia. {Fan- 

 nin.) More plentiful east than west of the Coast range. {Lord.) Com- 

 mon everywhere; breeds. {Streator.) An abundant summer resident 

 at Chilliwack, Fraser river valley, B.C. {Brooks.) Uniformly abun- 

 dant throughout British Columbia up to 5,000 feet. {Rhoads.) Im- 

 mense flocks late in the fall at Lulu island, in the lower Fraser river, 

 B.C. {E. F. G. White.) 



A few barn swallows were always found about the numerous de- 

 serted Indian villages and their nests were frequently noticed on the 

 big cedar beams which are the framework of the Haida houses on 

 Queen Charlotte islands. {Osgood.) Three specimens taken at 

 Seldovia, Alaska, July, 1903. {Anderson.) This bird is the most 



