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at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Taken at Beau- 
port; common summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) A 
common summer resident at Montreal; breeds on the island of 
Montreal; observed here from May roth to August 20th. (Wzntle.) 
A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. 
J. Young.) An abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound and 
Muskoka districts; regular summer resident at Toronto, Ont. (/. 
H. Fleming.) Common in Algonquin park, Ont.; a pair built in the 
boat-house at Cache lake, eggs hatched on June 16th, 1900. (Spread- 
borough.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont.; arrives about 
April 2oth, leaves about September 5th. (A.B. Klugh.) An abun- 
dant summer resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 
On the morning of August 13th, 1901, while I was encamped at the 
mouth of a river on the ‘‘ barren grounds,”’ about twenty-five miles 
south of Cape Eskimo, on the west coast of Hudson bay, a barn 
swallow that had evidently been following 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. (E. A. Preble.) 
I have no note of seeing this bird at Pembina, but during July and 
August, they were observed at various points along the 49th parallel, 
nearly to the Rocky mountains. (Cowes.) Tolerably common at 
Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) A rapidly increasing species throughout 
Manitoba and the Northwest. __I was five years at Portage la Prairie 
before I collected a specimen, but of recent years they are becoming 
quite numerous. (Atkinson.) <A rare summer visitant in Manitoba, 
but breeding west of the province at Qu’Appelle. (E. T. Seton.) 
First seen at Indian Head, Sask., 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, Sask., May 15th, 1894, building com- 
menced on May 2oth; at Crane lake, too 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 
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 
