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intermediate data makes it appear desirable to list them under this 

 heading. 



Panama : Two specimens were obtained on the Caribbean coast 

 near the Colombian border on April 24 and 25, 1934 ; a specimen was 

 taken at Bocas del Toro on October 28, 1927; another was taken at 

 Almirante Bay, on October 24, 1926; while Dr. Frank M. Chapman 

 saw a flock of about 40 at sea, some 10 miles north of the mainland 

 near Porto Bello, on April 18, 1937. Costa Rica: About 30 were 

 seen and a specimen was obtained at Villa Quesada on October 24, 

 1933. Nicaragua: Two specimens were taken at Eden on April 1, 

 1922. Guatemala: There is said to be a specimen in the British 

 Museum (Natural History) taken in this country, but details are lack- 

 ing. British Honduras: A specimen was taken (accidentally de- 

 stroyed) in March 1905. Mexico: A specimen was obtained at Pre- 

 sidio, Veracruz, on May 6, 1925, while another was obtained on April 

 4, 1902, at Pueblo Viejo in this State, the collector reporting that 

 swifts were crossing the lagoon all day, headed north; one was ob- 

 tained at Rio Givicia, Oaxaca, on March 21, 1906 ; one was taken in 

 Nuevo Leon on April 24, 1911 ; and the species also is believed to have 

 been taken on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo. Haiti : Several were 

 seen over Port-au-Prince on April 19, 1917; a specimen was taken at 

 Tortue Island, on May 18, 1917 ; a flock of 40-50 was seen over Morne 

 La Selle on April 15, 1927 ; it was noted at Hinche on April 23, 1927 ; 

 and several were observed at Belladere, on April 30, 1927. Dominican 

 Republic : Several were seen at Comendador on May 1, 1927. 



A specimen was taken on September 13, 1849, in Bermuda ; several 

 others were seen in the same locality on the 24th of that month ; and 

 one was collected there in September 1874. There seems to be no 

 authenticated record for Newfoundland, but one was taken at Suk- 

 kertoppen, Greenland, in 1863. One was collected at Anticosti Island 

 on June 9, 1901 ; in western North Dakota two were seen at Sanish 

 on July 27, 1918, and a pair were noted at Charlson during the sum- 

 mer of 1923 ; four were seen at Miles City, Mont., on May 20, 1917, 

 and two specimens were collected in Custer County on July 17, and 

 27, 1919 ; a specimen was found dead at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, 

 on October 11, 1905, and they were seen in that locality on Septem- 

 ber 2, 1897; two were noted at Edmonton, Alberta, on May 17, 1897; 

 and in New Mexico a specimen was taken at Rinconada on March 1, 

 1904, and another on the Mimbres River on May 22, 1921. 



Egg dates. — Illinois : 6 records. May 15 to July 3. 



New York : 17 records, May 27 to July 5 ; 9 records, June 8 to 20, 

 indicating the height of the season. 



Quebec : 5 records, June 14 to July 3. 



Virginia: 11 records. May 27 to July 13. 



