CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 541 
the houses at Fort Anderson, but it did not remain. They, 
however, breed in large numbers along the banks of the Lock- 
hart and Anderson rivers. (MJacfarlane.) This bird from its 
nesting habits is precluded from being a resident on the Arctic 
Coast. It has been taken at Nulato and seems to be common at the 
trading stations along the Yukon. ‘(Ve/son.) Common in British 
Columbia. (Zord.) Common everywhere in the interior; breeds. 
(Streator.) J have only found this bird east of the Coast Range, 
where in some localities along the Cariboo road it is very 
abundant. (Fannin.) Rare at Chilliwack; may breed in the 
vicinity. (Brooks.) Abundant east of the Coast Range in British 
Columbia. (Rhoads.) 
This species was common at Log Cabin, June 15th; at Cariboo 
Crossing, Lat. 60°, saw a few on June 29th, probably members of 
the small colony breeding on the cliffs of asmall island in Tagish 
Lake. We next saw the species near Hootalingua River, July 
Igth, and from this point to Dawson in Lat. 64° 15’ we fre- 
quently met with colonies of varying size, the largest being near 
White River. Their nests were attached to cliffs bordering the 
river, except at Fort Selkirk where they were breeding under the 
eaves of houses. (zshop.) 
BreEDING Notes.—The nest of the cliff swallow is built of mud 
and is shaped like a bottle with the neck downward; it is lined with 
feathers, grass, leaves, string and bits of rag; eggs 4, white, spot- 
ted with reddish brown. (G. R. Wiite.) At Amherst, N.S., the 
birds were common on June 5th, and under the Chignecto 
Ship Canal power house were the remains of many old nests, but 
no new ones ; the watchman said they breed very erratically, some 
years in large numbers, others not at all; there were no nests 
under the eaves of barns. (C. XR. Harte.) A covered nest of mud 
lined inside with grass and feathers, fixed on the outside wall of 
barns and sheds just under the roof; nests taken at Ottawa and 
Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it; a first sitting in May 
and a second in July in the usual procedure. (Garneait.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Six; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 25th, 1894, three 
at Banff, Rocky Mountains, June-Igth, 1891, two at Spence’s 
Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
