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GENUS TACHYCINETA CABANIS. 



*227. Tachycineta Tricolor (Vieill.). TBEE SWALLOW ; WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW. 



Migrant southward ; summer resident northward, varying in numbers accord- 

 ing to locality. Some places they are rare, others they are abundant. Breeds in 

 holes in trees. I do not know that the species now breeds in the southern part of 

 the State, but that it formerly did so I am certain. Mr. Bldgway informs me that 

 when he formerly lived at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, this species " was one of the most 

 abundant summer residents, breeding in very large colonies in sloughs connected 

 with the river, their nests being invariably built in abandoned woodpecker's holes 

 in dead stumps and trees. I am not sure that it breeds there now ( 1886 ), as 

 many changes have been made in the localities formerly frequented by it, but 

 presume that it does." Mr. E. E. Quick also informs me that several years ago, 

 before he was acquainted with this bird, he saw some swallows occupying holes in 

 trees in summer, and that he is satisfied they were this species. 



GENUS CLIVICOLA FORSTEE. 

 *228. Clivicola riparia (Linn.}. BANK SWALLOW ; SAND SWALLOW ; SAND MARTIN. 



Abundant summer resident, breeding in colonies in holes in the banks of 

 streams and ponds. In the flatter parts of North Indiana, where the railroads have 

 built their road beds ol sand, they excavate holes in these artificial banks. In 

 some of the counties, where desirable nesting sites are few or wanting, these swal- 

 lows are rare. 



GENUS STELGIDOPTERYX BAIRD. 



:: 229. Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Aud.i. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW; BANK SWALLOW : 

 SAND MARTIN. 



Summer resident throughout the State; common southward, rare northward 

 and in some localities wanting. This bird is not generally distinguished from 

 the preceding. It generally breeds in holes in banks, as does the bank swallow, 

 but usually the holes are found apart from those of the latter species and not 

 close together. They also often breed in old mortise holes in po^ts ; in holes in 

 buildings ( Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club., 1876, p. 96, also American Naturalist, Vol. X, 

 p 373 ; ibid Vol. X, p. 493) ; and I have found them breeding in an old building 

 in town after the manner of barn swallows, save the nest was placed on a beam. 



FAMILY AMPELIDJE. WAXWINGS, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY AMPELIN^E. WAXWINGS. 



GENUS AMPELIS LINN^US. 

 230. Ampelis garrulus Linn. BOHEMIAN WAXWING. 



Irregular winter visitor to the northern part of the State. Perhaps the only 

 record of its occurrence is in the winter of 1879-30, when they appear to have 

 been very commoji. March 30, 1880, over one hundred of these birds were killed 

 at Whiting, Lake County, and taken to a Chicago taxidermist. They were seen 

 by Mr. H. K. Coale, to whom I am indebted for the information. Specimens are 

 in the collections of Mr. H. K. Coale and Mr. George L. Toppan, of Chicago, and 



