Dr. Elliott Coues observed the species only at Pembina, Avherc it was breeding in 

 small numbers about tbe Fort, together with large colonies of Cliff-SwalloAvs. Mr. 

 Agersborg found it very rare in South-eastern Dakota. 



Throughout the northern portions of Labrador Mr. Lucien Turner reports it as 

 plentiful, and says that it was couaraon at Big Island in the Kohsoak River, near Fort 

 Chiuio, where it breeds abundantly. Mr. Brewster noticed two specimens at Anticosti 

 on the 9th of June. Mr. Dwight records it as a summer bird in Cape Breton Island ; 

 but in the Eestigouche Valley in New Brunswick it is said by Messrs. Brittain and Cox to 

 be rare, and seen only in the vicinity of the settlements. Mr. Batchelder, in his paper 

 on the birds of the Upper St. John's Biver, states that it was common in suitable 

 localities at Grand Falls, but none were seen about the to\^ n ; it was abundant at Fort 

 Fairfield. 



With resjard to the distribution of the White-bellied Swallow in the United States. 

 we have endeavoured to give some of the principal notices which have been published 

 in well-known and accessible works, but the literature of Nearctic birds is now so enor- 

 mous and is so widely diffused that it is quite possible that some accounts of tlie present 

 species have escaped our researches, and we shall be glad of any corrections and additions 

 to our history of the species. 



Dr. Hart Merriam states that it is the commonest Swallow in the Adirondack 

 region. It was not common in June on the Squam Lake near Holderness, New Hamp- 

 shire, but was more plentiful in Franconia in June and July, as recorded by ]\Iessrs. 

 Faxon and Allen in the 'Auk' for 1887. Mr. Samuels, in his work entitled ' Our 

 Northern and Eastern Birds,' writes : — 



" This very common and well-known species is a summer inhabitant of all New 

 England, being most abundant in localities near sheets of water, and less common in 

 high, dry districts. Its habits are well known, and arriving, as it does, early in the 

 season, and fraternizing with man, it is a great favourite. It makes its appearance as 

 early as the first week in April, but docs not commence building before the middle of 

 May. Near cities and towns, the nest is built in Martin-boxes provided for its reception ; 

 but in less thickly settled districts it is built in holes in stumps and trees ; and cases 

 are on record of its being built in a deserted nest of tlie common Barn-Swallow. A\"lieii 

 passing through the chain of the Umbagog lakes in Maine, I observed great numljers of 

 these birds whose nests were built in holes in dead trees standing in the lake near tlie 

 shores. These nests were so plentiful, that, in the area of about ten rods square, I 

 counted over fifty. Of course the birds were in myriads, and the species constitutes the 

 Common Swallow of tlie districts in that latitude. The materials used in ilu- ennstruc- 

 I ion of the nests are fine grasses, hay, and fcathei-s ; tliest' are adjusted JDoselv iu the 

 cavity of the tree, and \\illiout any I'orm. The egi;s are, most eoinnntnly, li\(" in 

 luunber. Their colour is a beautiful clear white, with a roseate tint luloi-c iheii-eontenis 

 are removed : they are extremely thin aiul fragile, niueh more so liian in most of the 



