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summer resident. Professor Elliott Cones in liis ' Birds of the North-West,' writes : — 

 " Ascending the Missouri in the spring of 1864, I saw thousands of these birds along 

 the banks, which were, in suitable places, riddled with their holes. Again, in the fall of 

 1872, higher up the river, I observed multitudes of their deserted nests, often in the soft 

 ground capping the bluifs, where, a little below, the bottle-shaped nests of the Cliff- 

 Swallows were fastened in great masses." Mr. Hoffmann, in his paper on the birds of 

 Nevada, has the following remark : — " Noted by Mr. Ridgway as rather abundant at 

 Truckee Heservation in May. Found at Provo, Utah, by Mr. Henshaw. This species 

 appears to associate with the Rough-winged Swallow {Stelgidopteryx serripennis), its 

 habits being similar, though it is found less abundantly." Mr. Scott writes from 

 Arizona : — " Breeds about Port Lowell [S. Brown). 1 have no record of its occurrence 

 except at this point, where I saw it in May and June." Mr. Drew states that in Colorado 

 the Sand-Martin breeds from the plains up to 6000 feet. 



Mr. Anthony states that he saw a single bird at Apache, in south-western New Mexico, 

 on the 26th of July. In his paper on the birds of Texas, Mr. Dresser speaks of the 

 Sand-Martin as " common throughout the whole country," and he noticed the first at 

 Eagle Pass on the 20th of Pebruary. This statement is at variance with the statements 

 of all recent observers. Near San Antonio, according to Mr. Attwater, it is only a " rare 

 migrant." In Concho Co., "Western Texas, Mr. Lloyd says it is a rare fall migrant. 

 The same is the case in the south-western portion of the State, where Mr. Beckham 

 records that several flocks were seen at Corpus Christi. Specimens are in the Salvin- 

 Godman Collection from the last-named place, procured by Mr. Armstrong on the 8th of 

 October, and the same collector met with the species at Brownsville in April and May. 



In Plorida the Sand-Martin is only known as a migrant. Mr. Scott records it from 

 the Gulf coast of Plorida, and states that it was " observed as an uncommon migrant in 

 the vicinity of Tarpon Springs. Mr. Atkins has not met with the species at either of 

 the points on the Gulf coast where he has collected." Mr. Scott has also noticed it in 

 the Caloosahatchie region ; and Messrs. Brewster and Chapman noticed it migrating on 

 the Suwanee Piver. 



Mr. Jones, in his list of the birds of the Bermudas, says that two specimens were 

 killed by Captain Lye in September, and a few were seen near Hamilton on the 8th of 

 August. 



In Mexico the Sand-Martin had only been seen by Sumichrast near Tehuantepec 

 until a few years ago, when Mr. W. B. Pichardson procured some specimens at Xico- 

 tencal, in Tamaulipas, in May. Mr. Gaumer procured a single female ia Cozumel Island 

 on tlie 16th of May, and Messrs. Salvin and Godinan got specimens near Dueiias in 

 Guatemala and on the shores of the Lake Yzabal. 



Very few notices have been published on the distribution in its winter home in 

 South America. The Salvin-Godman Collection contains a single example from Bartica 

 Grove in British Guiana, where it was procured by the late Heary Whitely on the 16th 

 of April. In the same month Mr. Edward BarLlett met with the speci* s at Nauta, 

 on the Peruvian Amazons ; and Natterer likewise procured it at Cai9ara, in Brazil, in 

 April, and noticed it near Maribatanas in flocks, consorting with Eiruudo erytlirogastra. 



