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20. Manitoba — Aweme, September 30. Minnesota — Hutchinson, 

 October 5. Iowa — Wall Lake, October 3. Ontario — Guelph, Sep- 

 tember 10. Michigan — Vicksburg, September 17. Ohio — Oberlin, 

 October 15. Indiana — Richmond, October 13. Illinois — Port Byron, 

 October 8. Missouri — Concordia, October 11. Kentucky — Eubank, 

 October 6. Mississippi — Biloxi, October 19. Louisiana — New Or- 

 leans, November 3. Prince Edward Island — North River, Septem- 

 ber 15. New Brunswick — St. John, September 29. Maine — Phillips, 

 September 21. Massachusetts — Harvard, September 22. Connecti- 

 cut — Hartford, October 9. New York — New York City, October 14. 

 Pennsylvania — Berwjm, October 5. District of Columbia — ^Wash- 

 ington, September 23. Georgia — Savannah, October 27. Florida — 

 Pensacola, November 23. One banded (F-354:18) at North Eastham, 

 Cape Cod, Mass., on June 28, 1931, was retaken at Panama City, 

 Fla., on August 26, 1931. 



Casual records. — Barn swallows in migration have been recorded 

 on several occasions from islands of the Galapagos Archipelago and 

 also from Bermuda. One was taken at Lake Blanca, in Patagonia, 

 on November 19, 1901. 



In North America, one was taken at Hopedale, Labrador, on May 

 15, 1934, and evidence obtained to indicate that the species may occa- 

 sionally breed in that area. One was taken on Mansel Island, North- 

 west Territories, on June 14, 1930, and one was seen 25 miles south 

 of Cape Eskimo, Keewatin, on August 13, 1901. In Greenland, a 

 specimen was obtained about 1830 at Fiskenaesset, and another about 

 1856 at Nanortalik. One was seen on St. George Island, Alaska, on 

 May 28, 1890, and on St. Paul Island, on June 4, 1890, while three 

 specimens were taken at Point Barrow, July 1, 1929, June 4, 1930, 

 and July 1931. 



Egg dates. — Alaska: 5 records, June 7 to July 5. 



California : 71 records, April 9 to July 24 ; 35 records, May 16 to 

 June 16, indicating the height of the season. 



Illinois : 17 records. May 12 to July 17 ; 9 records, June 11 to July 2. 



Massachusetts : 24 records, May 17 to July 6 ; 12 records. May 27 to 

 June 11. 



New Jersey : 25 records. May 16 to July 27 ; 13 records. May 22 to 

 June 7. 



Virginia: 17 records, May 21 to July 15; 9 records. May 21 to 

 June 23. 



HIRUNDO RUSTICA RUSTICA Linnaeus 

 EUROPEAN SWALLOW 



HABITS 



The European swallow owes its place on our list to its casual occur- 

 rence on both coasts of Greenland; it has, apparently, never been 



