CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 583 



east than west of the Coast range. (Lord.) Found breeding along 

 the Thompson river at Ashcroft and more abundantly at Kamloops, 

 B.C. (Rhoads.) The bank swallow was very common all along 

 the Kowak river, Kotzebue sound, Alaska, from the delta to Hotham 

 inlet, eastward ; on our trip up the Kowak from August 12th to 19th, 

 1898, many colonies of the nesting %burrows were observed in the 

 sandy river banks. {Grinnell.) We found a small colony nesting 

 at the northern end of Lake Tagish, July ist, and a larger one on the 

 west shore of Lake Marsh, but we were entirely unprepared for the 

 great abundance of them on Fifty-mile river above Miles caiion. 

 There, almost every bank was honeycombed with their holes; along 

 the rest of the Yukon to Circle city in Alaska, August ist; after this 

 their presence was only manifested by their deserted holes. {Bishop.) 

 Very abundant at Dawson, Yukon district, lat. 64° 15', breeding in 

 clay banks, July 19th, 1902. (Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — On June 5th, 1902, there was a severe and 

 very cold storm, and at one colony the birds evidently crowded 

 into the partially completed burrows for shelter, to such an extent 

 that those at the end were crushed or smothered to death; almost 

 every burrow had three or four dead birds, rammed hard 

 against the end; one hole had six, jammed into a mass which 

 held together, so strongly that I was able to drag it out by 

 pulling on one wing; some holes contained but one bird, and 

 in these cases the little bodies were not so badly jammed; 

 one of these solitary corpses proved to be that of a barn 

 swallow; I presume these single birds died from the cold, 

 as doubtless had the several found on the ground at the 

 foot of the bank; altogether some 30 or 40 swallows perished 

 in this colony. (C R. Harte.) Nests abundantly in cut banks 

 of islands and gravel banks; the nest is at the end of a double 

 mouthed tunnel and is composed of a few dried grasses; the eggs 

 are three, pure white and the shells are exceedingly thin. (W. H. 

 Moore.) Nests dug in sandy banks to a depth of three or four 

 feet and lined with grass and feathers; they breed in colonies in 

 suitable places near Ottawa; the set is five eggs, laid in May and 

 June. (Garneau.) 



