CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 551 
CCXIX. RIPARIA Forster. 1817. 
616. Bank Swallow. 
Riparia riparia (LINN.) SHARP & WyaTT. 1894. 
A pair said to have been seen on Melville Island, June gth, 
1820, by Parry. (Arvct. Man.) Audubon states that it rarely 
begins to breed before June and lays only once; said to be plen- 
tiful on the south shore of Labrador. (Fackard.) Not common, 
but few seen throughout the trip from Moose Factory across 
Ungava to the forks of the Koksoak above Fort Chimo on Aug. 
24th, 1896. (Spreadborough.) Very rare at Cow Head, Newfound- 
land, but said to be common about the Bay of St. George. (Reeks.) 
Not found at Halifax, N.S., but plentiful about the shores of 
the Bay of Fundy. (Lowzs.) Not rare in certain localities along 
Bras d’Or, Cape Breton Island, 1898; rather common at Brackley 
Point, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. (Jacoun.) I perhaps 
do this species an injustice when I say that it is outnumbered by 
the Savanna sparrow and the junco. I saw colonies of hundreds 
at several points along the coast, and as every bluff is crowned by 
a layer of sand and much of the coast is a continuous bluff the 
species have unrivalled opportunities for nesting places. 
(Dwight.) A common summer resident at St. John, N.B. 
(Chamberlain.) An abundant summer resident in suitable locali- 
ties at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W. A. Moore.) A small 
colony was found at the mouth of the Kedgwick, Restigouche 
valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Tolerably common on the Mag- 
dalen Islands; breeding on Grindstone Island. (Szshop.) We 
met with this species frequently in the Gulf of St. Lawrence but 
only observed two breeding stations, one at Grand Entry Island 
in the Magdalens and the other at Gaspé, Que. (Bvewster.) 
Summer resident around Quebec. (Dzonne.) A common summer 
resident at Montreal. A small colony of these birds used to breed 
in the bank above the high level reservoir in Mount Royal park, 
but they deserted the place in 1885; another large colony used to 
breed in the sand pits at Hochelaga, where I have observed them 
burrowing May 12th. (Wandtle.) 
A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. (fev. 
C.J. Young.) An abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound 
and Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Not common in AIl- 
