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" In the fall of 1885, at Saint Louis, Mo., tlic first retm-ned September 8 ; many 

 passed October 5 ; tliev were most numerous October 9, and left October 26. They had 

 left Grinnell, Iowa, September 16 " 



Dr. Elliott Coues states that the present species appears to be rarer in the 

 Missouri region than the other Swallows are, or than it is in most other j)arts of the 

 United States, much of the country being not well suited to its wants. It is occasionally 

 seen in the Southern States in mid-winter. Mr. "\Y. E. D. Scott says that in AVesteru 

 Missouri it was common and migratory, being lirst noted on the 3rd of April. Mr. E. 11. 

 King records its occurrence on his journey east from the Rock River, north of Jelfcrson, 

 the route lying alternately through pieces of heavy timber and across dry cultivated 

 fields. 



Audubon mentions its occurrence near New Orleans, where he saw it in numbers 

 every day during the Avhole winter. In the evening many sought the shelter of the 

 houses, where they roosted in holes, but the majority frequented the lakes and roosted 

 among the branches of the candleberry myrtle. Mr. Beckham states that he first 

 observed the species at Bayou Sara, in Louisiana, on the 9th of April, and a considerable 

 number were seen there on the 23rd of the same month. 



In Southern Texas Mr. J. C Merrill found this Swallow common during migrations, 

 and he believes tliat some of them must pass the winter at no great distance, as he has 

 frequently seen small flocks in November, December, and January, after a few warm 

 days. Mr. JS'ehrling says that he has met with a few examples during summer on the 

 liorders of woods. Mr. Sennett considers it a winter l)ird, and it uiust certainly breed in 

 a few isolated localities only. He writes : — "Numbers were seen on our wav down the 

 coast from Indianola to Point Isabel. They were also seen about the lagoons in the 

 vicinity of Brownville up to about April 18th, after which time none were observed." 



Mr. Henshaw, in his report on explorations on the 100th parallel, writes : — 



"Eound at Fairfield, Utah, early in August, and at Provo in same mouth. Rather 

 common. In Southern Colorado, the species was not uncommon, though perhaps the 

 rarest of the Swallows. Here, instead of being found near the habitations of man, it 

 appeared to seek the solitude of the wild districts, and, in company with Tachijcineta 

 ilialassmus, to find a home in the hollows of trees and deserted Woodpeckers' holes. Its 

 presence w^as not detected at a higher elevation than 8000 feet. Cajjtain Bendirc 

 informs me that this species occurs about Tucson as a summer visitor, and In-oeds." 



Mr. Ptidgway obtained specimens at Carson City in Nevada, in Alan-h, and at 

 Truckee Bottoms in .May; again, at Salt Lake City in 3lay. and al I'ai-lcy's l'ari<,- 

 AVahsatch Mountains, Utah, in July. He gives the I'oUowinu- aecnunt df the species: — 

 "This species and the Purple Martin were the only Swallows whidi were cDnrnird to 

 wooded districts or to settlements, their distribution l)einn' mucli the same, cvccpi that, 

 in the case of wooded localities, the former was most abuiulant in the rivcr-vaUcys, w hilc 

 the latter occurred oftenest on the mountains. Amonu' tiir cdtlmi-woods of the l.nwn- 

 Truckee, near Pyiamid Lake, in ]\Iay, the A^'hite-bellietl Swallow abounded nmre than 



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