548 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Lat. 56° 15’, June, 1903; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., April 30th, 
1897, breeding in trees late in May, found a nest ina hole in a 
balsam poplar stub about 12 feet from the ground; nest made of 
alittle fine grass, lined with feathers; seen from Edmonton to 
Jasper House, breeding in holes in trees in June, 1898. (Spreaa- 
borough.) 
Abundant every year and breeding in great numbers through- 
out southern Saskatchewan. (Coubeaux.). While on a moose 
hunt, about 20 miles above Chemawawin, I saw apparently thou- 
sands of these birds on a few dead trees standing out in the marsh. 
Some of those trees were so crowded by the perching swallows 
that there seemed literally to be no more room. (Vutting.) A 
few specimens were seen between Athabasca Landing and Lesser 
Slave River; a few individuals at north end of Methye Portage; 
about half a dozen birds on Islea la Crosse Lake. (J... Macoun.) 
This neat and handsome bird frequents the wooded districts up 
to Lat. 60°, making its nest of dried grass and feathers in hollow 
trees. (Kichardson.) North to Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie 
River. (Ross.) Breeding in trees at Canmore, within the Rocky 
Mountains, in June, 1891; not uncommon at Revelstoke, on the 
Columbia, B.C., in April, 1890; breeding in the old trees in the 
river valley; common and breeding at Trail and Penticton, B.C., 
in June, 1902 and 1903; common at Kamloops and Spence’s 
Bridge, Agassiz and Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., 1889; abun- 
dant at Chilliwack, B.C., in spring, nesting in holes in trees, 
(Spreadborough.) More common east than west of Coast Range. 
(Lord... Common summer resident in the coast region; breeds. 
(Streztor.) Province at large; abundant. (/amnin.) Abundant 
summer resident at Chilliwack,B.C. (Bvooks.) Uniformly abundant 
throughout British Columbia up to 5,000 feet. (Ahoads.) Com- 
mon at Donald, B.C.; and at Vancouver and Victoria in 1894. 
(Z.F. G. White.) 
Breeding commonly in old woodpecker holes in the tall dead 
firs at the foot of the mountain back of Sitka, Alaska. (Grinnell) 
I saw several at Skagway, May 3Ist, and over the Chilcat marshes 
June Ist. Others were seen at Cariboo Crossing, B.C.; others at 
Lake Marsh and several at Miles Cafion; others again at Fort 
Selkirk, Yukon district, entering an old dead tree. (Bzshop.) This 
species has even a wider range than the barn swallow though not 
breeding so far to the north owing to its nesting in holes in 
