578 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
river valley; common and breeding at Trail and Penticton, B.C., 
in June, 1902 and 1903; at Fernie and Baynes lake in 1904; com- 
mon at Kamloops, Spence Bridge, Agassiz and at Hastings, Bur- 
rard inlet, B.C., 1889; abundant 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. (Streator.) Abundant summer resident 
at Chilliwack, B.C. (Brooks.) Uniformly abundant throughout 
British Columbia up to 5,000 feet. (Rhoads.) Common at Donald, 
B.C.; and at Vancouver and Victoria in 1894. (E. 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 31st, 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 Sel- 
kirk, Yukon district, entering an old dead tree. (Bishop.) 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 banks 
and in trees. (Nelson.) On several occasions I saw this swallow 
flitting about the buildings at St. Michael during the months of 
August and early September. (Twurner.) 
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BREEDING NoTEes.—The sudden dissappearance of a swallow as 
it alighted on a fence was almost startling until I learned that in 
some deep hollow, decayed out of the heart of an unsplit rail was a 
very cosy nest of grass and feathers. It was impossible to dislodge 
the birds that were sometimes out of arm’s reach, but several nests 
examined the last week in June contained young. I have never 
found this species nesting in such a location before. (Dwight.) 
This species builds its nest generally in holes in trees 10 to 30 
feet from the ground. The nest is made of fine soft grass, well 
lined with feathers and down. Eggs five, pure white. (G.R. White.) 
From May to July is the nesting time for this species at Scotch Lake, 
N.B. The nests are placed in hollow fence poles or in old wood- 
pecker nests. The nests are beautifully made of feathers and con- 
tain from three to six eggs. When the nest is in a hollow pole the sit- 
ting bird has a way of spreading itself so that only dark feathers show- 
when a person looks in at the nest, so that sometimes a person can- 
not tell if the bird be on the nest or not. (W.H. Moore.) A nest 
