550 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
at Banff, Rocky Mountains, breeding in cliffs at Canmore, June, - 
1891; a large colony was found along the Wait-a-bit which flows 
into the Columbia at Donald, B.C.; not seen at Revelstoke, but 
shot in the Eagle Pass a little to the west ; quite common at Deer 
Park and Robson in the Columbia valley, breeding in large num- 
bers in the cliffs; observed a few at Henry House, Athabasca 
Pass in July, 1898; first seen April gth, 1903, common by the 
17th at Penticton, south of Lake Okanagan; abundant around the 
cascade at Spence’s Bridge and at Yale, B.C., May, 1889; a few 
were observed at Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901; first seen 
near Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 8th, 1893 ; by May toth 
they were very abundant ; later in the season they were found 
breeding at Sooke, Nanaimo and Comox. (Spreadborough.) Com- 
mon in British Columbia. (Zorvd.) Found only at Ashcroft ; 
breeds. ¢Stveator.) An abundant summer resident throughout the 
province. (Fannin.) Common ; may breed in the vicinity of 
Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) Uniformly distributed throughout British 
Columbia up to 7ooo feet. (Rhoads.) Common at Donald, 
Columbia River ; very common at the mouth of Nicola River, B. 
Csand\in’Stanley Park; Vancouver, BAGsae (27 Gi) 
We saw a single male among flocks of bank swallows flying 
over Fifty-mile River above Miles Caiion, July 11th, 1899, and 
another between White Horse Rapids and Lake Lebarge. In 
July I took a male from several that we saw near Hootalinqua 
River and at the Semenow Hills, July 20th, Osgood secured a 
female, finding her nest with four young in a crevice in the cliff ; 
after this we saw colonies of from six to ten individuals and one 
near White River that must have contained over fifty ; they were 
nesting about the cliffs as a rule, but several times we saw them 
enter holes in banks similar to those of the bank swallow, while 
at Fort Selkirk they were nesting in the interstices between the 
logs of the cabins ; we often met with small colonies until we 
were within 15 miles of Circle City, Alaska. (Bzshop.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Thirteen; four taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C., in 
June, 1890, one at Revelstoke, B.C., May 25th,1890,four at Spence’s 
Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, and four at Victoria, Vancouver Island, 
April and May, 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
