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joung barn .swallow.s died. They cried })ite()usly ibr food, 

 but the old birds came to the nests oidy at nio;ht. One pair 

 of adult birds in his barn survived and broii<>lit out another 

 brood. In Westport Mr. rJ. II. Sullivan reports that a pair 

 of these swallows safely reared two broods in his barn. 

 This is the most southerly town on the mainland, and adjoins 

 the Rhode Island line. North of Boston no direct evidence 

 has been found that adult barn swallows perished in the 

 storm, but several observers report an unusual scarcit}' of 

 these birds after the storm period. 



Mr. Ingalls reports them as not scarce August 2 in 

 AVorcester and Hampden counties. Mr. N. B. Douglas of 

 Sherborn, Middlesex County, reports them as fairly plenty. 

 Mr. J. A. Gilmore at Westborough and Mr. Harry ]\Ia3 nard 

 at Slii'ewsbury, both in Worcester County, report them 

 scarce since the storm. Mr. H. R. Kinney at Worcester sees 

 very few. Mr. H. C. Russell of North Hadley, Hampshire 

 County, reports a noticeable absence of swallows. Mr. 

 A. C. White of North Orange, Franklin County, gives cor- 

 roborative evidence. 



On the other hand, Mr. Wesley Barton of Dalton and Mr. 

 Wm. H. Snow of Becket, Berkshire County, report swallows 

 as plenty as ever. I noted no great diminution of barn 

 swallows in Concord, and Mr. Farley saw little change in 

 their numbers in Lynnfield. 



Reports on the tree swallow indicate the destruction of 

 both 3'oung and old, but there are still many l)irds left locally. 

 Mr. Farley gives them as occurring in their usual numbers 

 at Lynnfield after the storm. Mr. Charles Kohlrausch, Jr., 

 writes from North Billerica that "The barn and tree swal- 

 lows were not much in evidence after the storm of the 21st." 

 Mr. Bangs, an excellent observer, reports that he believes 

 the tree swallows perished, both old and young. 



Observers in other counties of eastern Massachusetts report 

 their disappearance. Mr. Kinney at Worcester says the tree 

 swallows were very plenty in the spring, but all disappeared. 

 Prof. Clifton F. Hodge notes the disappearance of two pairs 

 which had been nesting in his bird houses. Mr. Robert 

 O. Morris at Springfield reports that the tree swallows that 



