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Valley, California. It was first seen at Ash Meadows, Nevada, where two were noted, 

 March 19. In the same State, Dr. Merriani saw one at Mount Magruder, June 8 ; one 

 in Oasis Valley, June 1 ; a number in Pahranogat Valley, May 22-26, where it was 

 doubtless breeding; and several near Bunkerville, in the Virgin Valley, May 7-8. He 

 saw a single bird near St. George, in the Lower Santa Clai-a Valley, Utah, about the 

 middle of May. 



" Mr. Nelson saw it as a migrant on the divide between Panamint and Saline 

 valleys, the last of May, and at the head of Willow Creek, in the Panamint Mountains, 

 about the same time. He saw Barn-Swallows at the head of Owen's Valley in the 

 White Motintains, at the head of Owen's River, and also in the Yosemite Valley. Mr. 

 Stephens found it common all through Salt Wells and Owen's Valleys, and the writer 

 found it common in the latter valley at Keeler, near Owen's Lake, and at Lone Pine, in 

 June. At Keeler a male was noticed every day during our stay. He sat for hours on a 

 wire in front of the signal-station, and produced a series of notes which were well worth 

 the title of a song. The sounds were more or less disconnected, but the writer does not 

 remember hearing so perfect a song from any Swallow, and, as Mr. Bicknell states 

 (' Auk,' i. p. 225, 1884), the notes suggest those jn'oduced by the Marsh Wren." 



Mr. Blake says that the Swallow is very common on Santa Cruz Island, California, 

 and nests in caves there. 



Mr. Anthony states that in South-western New Mexico the species was seen by him 

 on one or tivo occasions at Apache and Deming ; a few were nesting at the latter place, 

 where large numbers were seen flying south as late as the 1st of October. Mr. Scott, in 

 his paper on the birds of Arizona, writes : — " Common migrant throughout the region, 

 and breeds rather sparingly in the Catalinas, at an altitude of 5000 feet. The species 

 seems much more abundant as a fall than as a spring migrant. On October 12th, 1884, 

 they were abundant in the Catalinas, at an altitude of 4000 feet." 



In Western Texas, according to Mr. Lloyd, it is a common summer visitant, 

 breeding about the settlements, and rearing two broods during the season. He 

 found a nest with four eggs on the 1st of August, at Paint Eock, Concho County. 

 Near San Antonio Mr. Attwater regards it is a common migrant ; he has remarked it 

 early in June, but has found no nest. Mr. Sennett did not notice the bird on the liio 

 Grande, but says on the 22nd of May, when the steamer was about opposite (ialvaston, 

 "several of the species flew about us, almost in our faces, sometimes alighting on the 

 deck. They kept us company ibr hours." 



Dr. Couch has recorded the present species from San Diego in Nuevo Leon in 

 Mexico, and otlier localities are given by Messrs. Salvin and limlnian, in the 

 ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' as follows : — Guadalajara and Ti'iiic (6';v///ay;//), (inana- 

 juato and Pucbla (Duges), Y alley o[ Mexico ( /r///'/t'), Plateau of Mrxlvo [S/n)i I, ■/n;is/), 

 Tchuacan and Tehuantepec {Simiichrad). Tlicy have also in lluii- colh'riions addilional 

 examples, sent during recent years by several travclhn-s, of which ihc luHowing is a 

 summary :—Va(]U('ria, Nucvo Leon, May 17 (/•'. L. Amid run y) ; llui|nih'j (Tlaliiaui i. 



