CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 583 
east than west of the Coast range. (Lord.) Found breeding along 
the Thompson river at Ashcroft and more abundantly at Kamloops, 
B.C. (Rhoads.) The bank swallow was very common all along 
the Kowak river, Kotzebue sound, Alaska, from the delta to Hotham 
inlet, eastward; on our trip up the Kowak from August 12th to 19th, 
1898, many colonies of the nesting burrows were observed in the 
sandy river banks. (Grimnell.) We found a small colony nesting 
at the northern end of Lake Tagish, July 1st, and a larger one on the 
west shore of Lake Marsh, but we were entirely unprepared for the © 
great abundance of them on Fifty-mile river above Miles cafion. 
There, almost every bank was honeycombed with their holes; along 
the rest of the Yukon to Circle city in Alaska, August 1st; after this 
their presence was only manifested by their deserted holes. (Bishop.) 
Very abundant at Dawson, Yukon district, lat. 64° 15’, breeding in 
clay banks, July 19th, 1902. (Macoun.) 
BREEDING NoTEes.—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 that 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 perished 
in this colony. (C. R. 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. H. 
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 set is five eggs, laid in May and 
June. (Garneau.) 
