CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 543 
- 1901, while I was encamped at the mouth of a river on the “ bar- 
ren grounds,” about 25 miles south of Cape Eskimo, on the west 
coast of Hudson Bay, a barn swallow that had evidently been fol- 
lowing the course of the stream flew past the camp. When it 
reached the bay it turned southward and soon disappeared from 
sight down the coast. (£. A. Prebles.) I have no note of seeing 
this bird at Pembina, but during July and August they were 
observed at various points along the 4gth parallel, nearly to the 
Rocky Mountains. (Cowes.) A rare summer visitant in Manitoba, 
but breeding west of the province at Qu’Appelle. (Zhompson- 
Seton.) First seen at Indian Head, Assa., on May 24th, 1892, 
they were common in a few days and breed in the vicinity; two 
males were the first arrivals at Medicine Hat, Assa.,May 15th,1894, 
building commenced on May 2oth; at Crane Lake 100 miles to the 
east many pairs were breeding in the farm buildings early in June; 
late in the month they were found in old buildings at the east end 
of the Cypress Hills; one nest was found at Crane Lake, built 
on a stringer of a bridge across a small creek; in 1895 this 
species was seen on the prairie from Old Wives’ Creek by way of 
Wood Mountain and Frenchman’s River to the south side of the 
Cypress Hills; it was found in all the ravines of the Cypress Hills 
and a nest was taken at Sucker Creek in an old shack; it was also 
found on Spur Creek and was very common along Milk River, 
St. Mary’s River and Lee’s Creek to the foothills of the Rocky 
Mountains; two observed at the head of Lesser Slave Lake in 
June, 1903; common from Edmonton to Yellowhead Pass in June, 
1898 ; occasionally seen in the foothills from Calgary south- 
ward to Crow’s Nest Pass in July and August, 1897; acommon 
species at Banff, Rocky Mountains, breeding in the barns and 
outhouses in the village in June, 1891 ; not seen in the Columbia 
valley except on the mountains on the west side of Pass Creek 
near Robson, B.C., June 26th,1890; common at Kamloops, Spence’s 
Bridge and Penticton, B.C.; specimens were taken at Westmin- 
ster Junction, Agassiz and Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., in 1889; 
abundant at Chilliwack in the spring of I9g01; a few seen at 
Huntington, on the International Boundary in September; an 
abundant summer resident throughout Vancouver Island. 
(Spreadborough.) An abundant summer resident throughout 
British Columbia. (Fannin.) More plentiful east than west of 
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