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common in many parts of Cape Breton island, N.S., 1898; com- 

 mon at Brackley point, Prince Edward island, June, 1883. (Ma- 

 coun.) Fairly common, nesting in old woodpecker holes and clear- 

 ings, crevices about barns and the hollow ends of rails "composing 

 the zig-zag fences so common on Prince Edward island. (Dwight.) 

 Common summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) A 

 tolerably common resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. 

 (W. H. Moore.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. ; only seen 

 in the vicinity of settlements. (Brittain & Cox.) On July 9th 

 two were seen at Fox bay, Anticosti. (Brewster.) A common 

 summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) An abundant sum- 

 mer resident at Montreal; breeds in the city and in Mount Royal 

 park; I have found their nests containing eggs, from May 29th to 

 June 2nd, and young birds in nests to July 14th; observed here 

 from April 7th to September 13th. (Wintle.) 



A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario; this species 

 is the first swallow to arrive in the spring and consequently is the 

 earliest to breed. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular summer resident 

 at Toronto, Ont. ; abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound 

 and Muskoka districts; I have met with them nesting in deserted 

 woodpecker holes. (/. H. Fleming.) Two pairs were breeding 

 at Cache lake, Algonquin park, Ont. in June, 1900, one pair in an 

 old woodpecker's nest in a telegraph pole, the other pair in a hole 

 in a tree on the shore of the lake ; common from Missinabi to Moose 

 Factory, James bay. (Spreadborough.) Formerly quite common 

 at London, Ont., but now much less so; fuhy as numerous in north 

 Bruce as near London ; although this bird departs from the vicinity 

 of London about August 20th to 25th yet on September 20th, 1900, 

 I saw about 50 circling over the marshes at Point Pelee, so that it 

 evidently travels very slowly for the first stage of its journey. (W. 

 E. Saunders.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont.; arrives 

 about April 14th and leaves about August i8th. (A. B. Klugh.) 

 A few seen on lower Red river, June 15th, 1901, and two at Norway 

 House, June 19th; common between Norway House and Oxford 

 House, and many nests were observed in deserted holes of wood- 

 peckers, in trees at the water's edge, June 23rd to 30th; common 

 also at Oxford House and noted on Steel river, July 9th; on our 

 return through their haunts early in September we saw none. (E. 

 A. Preble.) York Factory, Hudson bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) 



