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" Numbers of these birds nest along- the river in crevices among the rocks. I 

 know of a small colony that frequents a stone culvert, over which is a railroad track, and 

 through which a small stream passes. This culvert is built of rough uncut stones, and 

 presents innumerable fine nesting-sites for the Swallows. One nest found here was 

 placed in a crevice about one foot above running water, and contained young. Six or 

 seven eggs are laid, and first clutches are completed by May 17. A set of seven 

 eggs was found during June, 1887, which contained six of this species and one of the 

 Barn-Swallow." 



Dr. F. W. Langdon, writing in 1889, mentioned the present species as having 

 occurred in large numbers in Ohio ; and Mr. Evermann states that in Carroll County, 

 Indiana, it is a summer resident, but is not so common as Cot He riparia. Specimens 

 have been procured by Mr. H. K. Coale near Riverdale, Illinois, in April; and in the 

 southern part of the same State Mr. Robert Eidgway says that the Rough-winged 

 Swallows nest in communities in company with C. riparia, occupying adjoining holes and 

 having entirely the same habits, but they are much more numerous there than the 

 common Bank-Swallow. 



Mr. Pindar also records it as a common summer resident in Fulton County, 

 Kentucky, and according to Mr. Fox it was the most plentiful of all the Swallows in 

 Roane County, Tennessee, arriving there early in April. Mr. Loomis says that it is 

 rather common in summer in South Carolina, and is also common during its migrations ; 

 it is generally distributed, but is most abundant in the vicinity of water. Mr. Bailey 

 found the eggs in Georgia on the 18th of April. 



Mr. Maynard writes of the species in Florida :— " The quaint and ancient city of 

 St. Augustine is situated on an arm of the ocean ; consequently it is necessary to protect 

 the lower section by a sea-wall, which extends the entire length of the town. This wall, 

 being broad upon the top, is used as a promenade by the inhabitants. While sauntering 

 along this walk one day in April, I observed some Swallows alighting in front of me. 

 I saw at once that they were a species I had never seen before, but a closer view proved 

 them to be Rough-winged Swallows. At first there were only four or five to be seen, 

 but in a few days there were quite a number flying about the place. This is the only 

 time I ever met with the species living, and I have never found it breeding in the State; 

 but having met Mr. Allen, in Jacksonville, a few weeks later the same season, he 

 informed me that he found a small colony evidently about to breed on some bluffs along 

 the St. John's river, not far from the mouth. This species is said to breed in holes in 

 buildings, under bridges, etc." 



Mr. W. E. D. Scott, in his paper on the Birds of the Gulf Coast of Florida, states 

 that this species was not very common in April 1877, in the vicinity of Tarpon Springs, 

 which is the only point where he observed it. 



Mr. X. C. Brown states that it was a rather common summer resident near Coosada, 

 in Central Alabama, where it arrived on the 22nd of March, but was not generally 

 distributed until the first week in April. Mr. Scott states that it was tolerably abundant 



