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 breeder in the typical Canadian fauna within Wyoming and 

 Sullivan Counties. Mr. John D. Carter and the author have 

 found it breeding quite commonly about the large lakes and 

 swamps in Monroe County, while the author has also met with 

 it in Pike and Wayne Counties. Mr Simpson has never found 

 it in Warren County as a breeder, but it undoubtedly breeds 

 in western Pennsylvania in Crawford County, while Professor 

 Koch found it in Lycoming County. It undoubtedly nests in 

 Luzerne and Wyoming as well as other of the northern tier 

 of counties. 



616.Riparia riparia ( L , inn . ) . Bank Swallow. 



This is another very locally distributed species, 

 nesting usually in the river valleys in suitable sections 

 thruout the state but apparently not breeding in most of 

 the central counties. In Green County, Mr. Dickey finds it 

 commonly, while farther north I have found it breeding in 

 Clarion and Venango Counties; while Mr. Simpson finds a few 

 breeding along the river at Warren and has examined several 

 large colonies in Erie County along the lake shore. In the 

 Susquehanna Valley, it is locally an abundant bird, and Mr. 

 Stone has recorded it as summering in Wyoming and Sullivan 

 Counties. About Philadelphia, it is becoming scarcer, tho 

 colonies still exist near Chester and at Swarthmore, while 

 the birds have deserted former colonies at Holmesburg and 



