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September 3. Wyoming — Yellowstone Park, September 8. Colo- 

 rado — Durango, September 26. Saskatchewan — Eastend, September 

 4. North Dakota — Jamestown, September 20. Nebraska — Badger, 

 September 18. Kansas — Lawrence, September 30. Oklahoma — 

 Norman, October 2. Manitoba — ^Aweme, October 7. Minnesota — 

 Minneapolis, October 13. Wisconsin — ^New London, October 17. 

 Iowa — Keokuk, October 31. Ontario — Toronto, October 25. Michi- 

 gan — Vicksburg, October 26. Ohio — ^Huron, November 2. Illi- 

 nois — Chicago, October 22. Missouri — St. Louis, October 19. 

 Arkansas — Hot Springs, November 15. New Brunswick — St. John, 

 October 2. Maine — Lewiston, October 20. Massachusetts — Dennis, 

 October 22. Connecticut — Middletown, October 31. New York — 

 New York City, November 5. New Jersey — ^Demarest, October 30. 

 Maryland — Cambridge, November 2. 



Casual records. — In British Guiana tree swallows have been re- 

 ported (date?) from Georgetown, and they were reported as "numer- 

 ous" on Abary Island between April 12 and 15, 1909. On April 27, 

 1909, one flew on board a vessel a few miles north of the island of 

 Trinidad. A flock of five was seen at Corinto, Nicaragua, on March 

 7, 1917. A large flight was reported and a specimen was taken on 

 Bermuda on September 22, 1849. The species was noted in the 

 spring of 1925 at the Post at Coral Inlet, on Southampton Island, 

 Northwest Territories; a specimen was killed by a native at a point 

 10 miles east of Demarcation Point in Yukon Territory, on June 7, 

 1914 ; and one was taken on St. Paul Island, Alaska, on May 25, 1922. 



Egg dates. — California : 27 records, April 28 to June 29 ; 13 records. 

 May 13 to June 2, indicating the height of the season. 



Illinois : 13 records. May 10 to June 9 ; 7 records, May 19 to 28. 



Massachusetts : 20 records. May 4 to June 25 ; 10 records. May 20 

 to 28. 



Ontario: 12 records, May 17 to June 17; 6 records, May 31 to 

 June 7. 



Virginia : 3 records. May 24 to June 17. 



RIPARIA RIP ARIA RIP ARIA (Linnaeus) 



BANK SWALLOW 



Pistes 58, 59 



HABITS 



CONTKIBUTED BY ALFRED OtTO GEOSS 



The name sw^allow immediately brings to our mind a bird with 

 a peculiar charm and grace and possessing a dexterity of flight 

 that is seldom excelled by birds of other groups. The swallows are 



