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Five sets of eggs; two sets of four each taken at Skull Creek, 
Crane Lake, Assa., June 17th, 1894, by Mr. Spreadborough ; one 
set of four taken at Port Hope, Ont., May 30th, 1900, and another 
set of five taken at Rush Lake, Assa., June 30th, 1893, both by Mr. 
W. Raine; one set of four taken at Port Hope, Ont., June Ist, 1900, 
by Mr. W. H. Meeking. 
CCXVI. HIRUNDO Linn. 1758. 
6138. Barn Swallow. 
Fhirundo erythrogaster BoDD. 1783. 
Two specimens are known to have been obtained in Greenland; 
one at Fiskenzs about 1830, the other at Nenortalik. (Avct. Wan.) 
Breeds at Northwest River at the head of Hamilton Inlet, Labra- 
dor. (Packard.) A rare summer migrant at Cow Head, New- 
foundland. (Reeks.) Common summer resident throughout Nova 
Scotia. (Downs.) Two individuals seen on Sable Island, N.S., 
April. 30th, 1902, and one September 16th same year. (/ames 
Bouteiwher.) Nery common at Amherst, N.S., June 5th, Igor ; 
there were plenty of old nests, but no new ones at that date. 
(C. R. Harte.) Rather common on Cape Breton Island, 1898 ; 
common at Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888. (Macoun.) 
Abundant and generally distributed on Prince Edward Island. 
(Dwight.) Commonsummer resident through the country around 
St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, 
N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common summer resident at Scotch 
Lake, York Co., N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport; com- 
mon summer resident around Quebec. (Dzonne.) A common 
summer resident at Montreal; breeds on the Island of Montreal; 
observed here from May Ioth to August 20th. (W2n?le.) 
A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. 
J. Young.) An abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound and 
Muskoka districts. (J. 1. Hleming.) Common in Algonquin 
Park, Ont.; a pair built in the boat-house at Cache Lake, eggs 
hatched on June 16th, 1900. (Spreadborough.) Common summer 
resident at Guelph, Ont.; arrives about April 2oth, leaves about 
September 5th. (4. &. Adwgh.) An abundant summer resident at 
Penetanguishene, Ont. (4.7. Young.) On the morning of August 13, 
