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where they are said to breed twice a year, in the months of April and 

 June; I have not noticed the purple martin breeding in any other 

 place within the city, but I dare say they do breed in other yards 

 where they are encouraged to nest. (Wintle.) At Ottawa this 

 species builds in holes in trees or in boxes in the city. The nest is 

 composed of hay, straw, bits of twine and paper ; lined with feathers ; 

 eggs, four or five, pure glossy white. (G. R. White.) Breeds all 

 over central and western Ontario, making its nests in holes under the 

 eaves of buildings; in the vicinity of Yorkton it makes its nest in 

 holes in trees like the tree swallow; on June ist, 1901, I found a pur- 

 ple martin sitting on five eggs in a hole in an old stub five feet from 

 the ground ; the bird allowed me to lift her off the eggs and I threw 

 her into the air and she flew away ; the following day I again found 

 her sitting upon the eggs ; later I found other nests around Crescent 

 lake. {W. Raine.) 



CCXL. PETROCHELIDON Cabanis. 1850. 



612. ClifT Swallow. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cassin. 1853. 



A rare summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Common 

 summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Common in Nova 

 Scotia from May loth to September ist. (H. F. Tufts.) Common 

 at Sydney, Cape Breton island, breeding locally. (C. R. Harte.) 

 Abundant in some localities, especially at Margaree, Cape Breton 

 island, July, 1898; rather common ,flying over the marshes at 

 Brackley point, Prince Edward island, July, 1888. (Macoun.) A 

 common bird on Prince Edward island ; locally distributed and 

 nesting in colonies under the eaves of barns and houses. (Dwight.) 

 An abundant summer resident in town and country in New Bruns- 

 wick. (Chamberlain.) A summer resident at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) I found a small colony nesting under 

 the eaves of a shed at Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton island. (Brew- 

 ster.) Taken at Beauport ; a common summer resident around Que- 

 bec. (Dionne.) Common summer resident at Montreal. Breeds 

 on the island of Montreal. Observed from April 19th to September 

 4th, 1893. (Wintle.) 



Common summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) Very common in all parts of eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. 



