554 ~ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
BREEDING NoOTES.—On June 5th, 1902, there was a severe and 
very cold storm, and at one colony the birds evidently crowded 
into the partially completed burrows for shelter, to such an extent 
that those at the end were crushed or smothered to death; almost 
every burrow had three or four dead birds, rammed hard against 
the end; one hole had six, jammed into a mass which held together 
so strongly I was able to drag it out by pulling on one wing; some 
holes contained but one bird, and in these cases the little bodies 
were not so badly jammed; one of these solitary corpses proved 
to be that of a barn swallow; I presume these single birds died 
from the cold as doubtless had the several found on the ground 
at the foot of the bank ; altogether some 30 or 40 swallows perish- 
ed in this colony. (C. Rk. Harte.) Nests abundantly in cut banks 
of islands and gravel banks; the nest is at the end of a double 
mouthed’tunnel and is composed of a few dried grasses ; the eggs 
are three, pure white and the shells are exceedingly thin. (W. A: 
Moore.) Nests dug in sandy banks to a ‘depth of three or four 
feet and lined with grass and feathers ; they breed in colonies in 
suitable places near Ottawa; the sect is five eggs, laid in May and 
June. (Garneau.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four; one taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; one 
taken at Indian Head, Assa.,in May, 1892; one at Canmore,Rocky 
Mountains, May 29th, 1891, and one at Kamloops, B.C., June 29th, 
1889, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Three sets of eggs; one of five taken at Black Rapids, Rideau 
River, Ont., June, 1894, by Mr. O. Klotz; one of four taken near 
Toronto and received from Mr. W. Raine, and one set of five, 
taken at Pine Hill Creek, Alta. July 15th, 1900, by Mr. W. 
Thorburn. 
CCXX. STELGIDOPTERYX Bairp. 1858. 
617. Rough-winged Swallow. 
Stelgidopteryx serripennis (AUD.) BAIRD. 1858. 
1 have a specimen taken at Toronto. This species is probably 
overlooked in our neighbourhood. (/. ZH. Fleming.) Common 
along the streams and rivers of Middlesex county, Ont. Data are > 
lacking for other points in the west of the province. I have been 
