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May, and, though generally distributed, is nowhere abundant (T. Mclhoraith in 



' Birds of Ontario '). 

 " Toronto. Commou and breeding about here. 



" April 16, 1887. Purple Martins arrived. 



" April 20, 1888. Purple Martins arrived. 

 " Ellora. Summer visitant in some localities (Hon. Chas. Clarke). 

 '•'Bruce Co., central region. Summer resident (W. A. Schoenau). 

 " Gait. I found this species very abundant here in 1878. 

 " Millbrook. Summer resident, tolerably common ; noted first arrival 15th April, 



1885 (G. Sootheran). 

 " Coboconk. Noted by myself as common there in June 1885. 

 " Peterboro\ Common (Mev. Vincent Clementi). 



" Yarker. Summer resident, common April 8th to May 1st (John G. Ewart). 

 " Kingston. Common (Dr. C. K. Clarke). 



" Distribution in Province of Quebec : 



" Montreal. Summer resident, tolerably common ( TV. TV. Dunlop). 



" County of Quebec and north to Lake St. John. Summer resident, rare (John 



Neilson). 



" Distribution in Manitoba and the Worth-west : 



" Carberry. Common, breeding ; noted only where there is large dead timber. 

 " Winnipeg. Summer resident, common (P. H. Hunter). 

 " Portage la Prairie. Somewhat common (C. W. Nash). 

 "Lake Manitoba. Occurs {Prof. J. Maconn). 



" Pembina Miver in Southern Manitoba. Here on 17th May, 1882, I found a 

 hollow tree about which several pairs were flying." 



Professor Coues writes : — " I was rather surprised to find Martins breeding on 

 Turtle Mountain, having observed none at Pembina. In this locality, where there is, 

 of course, no artificial convenience for the purpose, they must nest in Woodpeckers' holes 

 and similar cavities of trees, as they do in other parts of the "West where I have observed 

 them. This was the only locality where the species was observed, though it is known to 

 extend to the Saskatchewan region." 



In South-eastern Dakota Mr. Agersborg says : " Common every summer ; it is found 

 only in our towns, and not met with in the country." 



Mr. Piboads has included the present species as an inhabitant of British Columbia, 

 but it does not occur in Mr. Chapman's paper, nor does Mr. J. K. Lord appear to have met 

 with it. Mr. Panniu states that the Purple Martin is a summer resident to the east of the 

 Cascade Mountains. Mr. Belding believes that the bird referred to is Progne hesperia 

 and not P. purpurea. It would therefore probably be P. hesperia, which is recorded 

 by Mr. Lawrence in his paper on the birds of Gray's Harbour, in Washington County, as 



