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have contained over fifty; they were nesting about the cHffs as a 

 rule, but several times we saw them enter holes in banks similar to 

 those of the bank swallow, while at Fort Selkirk they were nesting 

 in the interstices between the logs of the cabins; we often met 

 with small colonies until we were within fifteen miles of Circle City, 

 Alaska. (Bishop.) 



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616. Bank Swallow. 



Riparia riparia (Linn.) Sharp & Wyatt. 1894. 



A pair said to have been seen on Melville island, June 9th, 1820, 

 'by Parry. {Arct. Man.) Audubon states that it rarely begins 

 to breed before June and lays only once ; said to be plentiful on the 

 south shore of Labrador. {Packard.) Not common, but a few were 

 seen throughout the trip from Moose Factory across Ungava to the 

 forks of the Koaksoak above Fort Chimo on August 24th, 1896- 

 (Spreadborough.) Very rare at Cow Head, Newfoundland, but said 

 to be common about the Bay of St. George. (Reeks.) 



Not found at Halifax, N.S., but plentiful about the shores of the 

 Bay of Fundy. (Downs.) Common summer resident in Nova 

 Scotia. (H . F. Tufts.) Not rare in certain localities along Bras 

 d'Or, Cape Breton island, 1898; rather common at Brackley point 

 Prince Edward island, July, 1888. (Macoun.) I perhaps do this species 

 an injustice when I say that it is outnumbered by the Savanna 

 sparrow and the junco. I saw colonies of hundreds at several points 

 along the coast, of P.E.I, and as every bluff is crowned by a layer of 

 sand and much of the coast is a continuous bluflf the species has 

 unrivalled opportunities for nesting places. (Dwight.) A common 

 summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) An abundant 

 summer resident in suitable localities at Scotch Lake, York county, 

 N.B. (W. H. Moore.) A small colony was found at the mouth of 

 the Kedgwick, Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Toler- 

 ably common on the Magdalen islands; breeding on Grindstone 

 island. (Bishop.) We met with this species frequently in the Gulf 

 •of St. Lawrence but only observed two breeding stations, one at 

 Grand Entry island in the Magdalens and the other at Gaspe, Que. 

 '(Brewster.) Summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) A com- 



