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obtained young birds in August near Locust Grove. Mr. Brewster says that the species 

 is common, and breeds near Winchendon in Massachusetts ; and Mr. Faxon states that 

 it is common in Berkshire County of the same State. " According to Dr. Emmons, this 

 bird first appeared in Williamstown in 1S25 " (Amer. Journ. Sci. & Arts, xxvi. p. 208). 

 Messrs. Faxon and Allen have also recorded it as common in New Haven. 



The Henshaw collection contains some specimens from the neighbourhood of 

 Washington, procured in May and August, but Mr. Richmond considers the species to 

 be one of the rarer birds breeding in the District of Columbia. 



Mr. Warren gives the following account in his ' Birds of Pennsylvania ' : — 



" Common summer resident ; generally distributed throughout the State. Breeds 

 mostly in colonies of from twenty to forty individuals ; sometimes, however, as many as 

 fifty or seventy-five nests are found together. Although I have known these birds to 

 breed, for three consecutive seasons, under the eaves of long sheds in a cow-yard, I am 

 inclined to think that they usually breed but one season in the same place. The Cliff- 

 Swallow arrives here about the last week in April, and disappears early in September. 

 This bird when flying can easily be distinguished from other Swallows by its almost even 

 tail-feathers and the conspicuous rusty-coloured rump. During migration this species is 

 found in greatest numbers in the vicinity of rivers, ponds, and lakes." 



Mr. Hives, in his account of the birds noticed by him at Salt Pond Mountain in 

 Virginia, states that he found a small colony of Cliff-Swallows which had attached their 

 nests to the shed of a stable at Blacksburg. Mr. Pox, writing about the birds of B,oane 

 County, Tennessee, says that the Cliff-Swallow was only once seen by him, on the 23rd 

 of April, 1884, and was not observed at all by him in 1885. 



In his paper on the birds observed at Bayou Sara, in Louisiana, Mr. Beckham 

 states that he observed the Cliff-Swallow only once, on the 23rd of April. 



Dr. Merrill writes of the species in Texas : — " Very common in Southern Texas 

 from early in April until the latter part of August. It is one of the most abundant of 

 the summer visitors, and is the only Swallow that breeds here." Mr. Dresser's note is 

 as follows : — " Common at San Antonio and Matamoras during the summer. At Eagle 

 Pass I noticed a couple on the 7th March, and on the 10th they were very numerous. 

 In July, on the way from Nuevo Laredo to Matamoras, when seeking after water, I 

 saw a long cliff overhanging a ravine, which was literally covered with the nests of these 

 birds." 



In his paper on the birds of Southern Texas, Mr. Beckham writes : — 



" I did not see this bird at San Antonio, but, according to Dresser, it is common 

 there during the summer. Brown records it as a common summer resident at Boerne, 

 arriving there on March 20th." Mr. Nehrling states that he noticed it in great numbers 

 in South-eastern Texas during September, but it does not breed in this region. Accord- 

 ing to Mr. Lloyd, it is a common summer visitant in Western Texas, arriving early in 

 April. The species sometimes breeds in barns, and Mr. Lloyd believes that two broods 

 are raised, as he found his first nest under a bluff on May 1th, with three eggs, while 



