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612. CLIFF .SWALLOW, Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say.) 



This swallow was regularly noted near the creeks, where ranch 

 buildings furnished it sites for its bottle-shaped mud homes. 

 At the foot of Flathead Lake it was represented by a colony at 

 Poison, and specimens were a-wing at all hours of the day, 

 coursing over the meadows near the shore and above the haw 

 groves in quest of the insects that swarmed the trees and rip- 

 ened fruit. 



613. BARN SWALLOW, Chelidon erythrogastra (Bodd.) 



Small colonies of the barn swallow were noted at St. Ignatius, 

 Eonan, and other settlements of the Reservation. 



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614. TREE SWALLOW, Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.) 



Small colonies of the tree swallow are found at suitable local- 

 ities at Poison and near the Station. Valleys between hill- 

 sides denuded by former fires, where tall boles and bare spires 

 are standing, are generally inhabited by this swallow, as well 

 as the margins of ponds where naked dead trees are found. 

 It was found nesting at the Cedar Islands, in McGovern's Bay, 

 in cavities of the decaying cedars. 



616. BANK SWALLOW, CUvicola riparia (Linn.) 



The bank swallow was regularly noted at suitable places in 

 our travels through the Reservation, mingling with the cliff 

 swallow in aerial evolutions above the meadows and the water 

 in about equal numbers. It was observed at Crow Creek and 

 also at the foot of Flathead Lake. 



This swallow breeds regularly in the vicinity of the Station, 

 and the graceful aerial movements of the bird a-wing gener- 

 ally called attention to the presence of the species in the neigh- 

 borhood. Specimens were regularly seen near the buildings of 

 ranches, and near a house the only bank swallow taken, for 

 positive identification, was shot as it flitted over the road with 

 others in its restless pursuit of food and pleasure. 



619. CEDAR WAXWTNCt, Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) 



This handsome bird, though lacking the power of song by 

 which many of our avian friends call attention to their pres- 



