LIST. 



Island of Montreal. Observed here from May 19 

 to August 20. I saw half a dozen barn swallows 

 August 20, 1892, perched on the telegraph wires 

 near the railway bridge across the creek at La- 

 prairie, and with them was one individual which 

 appeared to be a cliff swallow, and, wanting a speci- 

 men of the latter swallow, I shot it, but found it to 

 be a barn swallow, its long tail feathers cut off 

 even with the other tail feathers. 



Genus Tachycineta. Cabanis. 



193. Tree Swallow. (White-bellied Swallow.) T. 



bicolor. (Yieill.). 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds in the 

 city and in Mount Royal Park. I have found their 

 nests, containing eggs, from May 29 to June 2, and 

 the young birds in nests to July 14. Observed 

 here from April 7 to September 1 8. 



Genus Clivicola. Forster. 



194. Bank Swallow. (Sand Martin.) C. riparia. 



(Linn.) 



"Summer Resident," common. A small colony 

 of these birds used to breed in the bank above the 

 high level reservoir in Mount Royal Park, but they 

 deserted that place in 1835, and another large 

 colony used to breed in the sand pits at Hochelaga, 

 where I have observed them burrowing May 12. 



