CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 539 
One set of four eggs taken at St. Thomas, Ont., June Igth, 1898, 
by Mr. Frank L. Farley. 
CCXVI. PETROCHELIDON Cazanis. 1850. 
612. Cliff Swallow. 
Petrochelidon luntfrons (SAY) CASsIN. 1853. 
A rare summer migrant in Newfoundland. (eeks.) Common 
summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Dowzs.) Common at Sydney, 
Cape Breton Island, breeding locally. (C. R. Harte.) Abundant 
in some localities, especially at Margaree, Cape Breton Island, 
July, 1898; rather common, flying over the marshes at Brackley 
Point, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888: (J/acoun.) A common 
bird on Prince Edward Island; locally distributed and nesting in 
colonies under the eaves of barns and houses. (Dzzght.) An 
abundant summer resident in town and country in New Bruns- 
wick. (Chamberlain.) A summer resident at Scotch Lake, York, 
Co., N. B.~ (W. HH. Moore.) I found a small colony nesting 
under the eaves of a shed at Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton 
Island. (Svewster.) Taken at Beauport; a common summer 
resident around Quebec. (onne.) Common summer resident- 
at Montreal. Breeds on the Islandof Montreal. Observed from 
April 19th to September 4th, 1893. (Wentle.) 
Common summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 
V.) Very common in all parts of eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. /. 
Young.) Formerly abundant about London, Ont., but now re- 
stricted and found on but very few farms, though when protected 
as many as fifty pairs are yet known to breed on one barn. 
(W. E£. Saunders.) Breeds in large colonies at a few barns in the 
vicinity of Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May 1rsth, leaves about 
August 17th. (4. 4. Klugh.) An abundant summer resident at 
Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. /. Young.) 
This is the most abundant, generally distributed and character- 
istic species of the swallow family throughout the region along 
the 4oth parallel from Pembina to the Rocky Mountains. The 
laying season in this latitude is at its height during the second 
and third weeks of June. (Cowes.) Very abundant summer 
resident in Manitoba; at Brandon, Fort Ellice and Shoal Lake, in 
1882, they were breeding in very large numbers, having placed 
