-THE LOON. 



Vol. 1. MARCH 1880. No. 3. 



A Visit to the Lome of the ''Sand-birds." 

 By ll Avis? } 



"Sand-bird" is the common parlance, in this section 

 for the beautiful Bank Swallow (Cotiie- rip aria). The ob- 

 ject of this article is to describe a visit made by the 

 writer hereof, to the breeding site of these birds. 



This was located about 3 -J miles down the rail-road, so 

 one day (the 9th. of June) the writer and a fellow colo- 

 nist started off with the necessary collecting boxes, not'e 

 books and instruments. Almost before we got out of 

 the city limits we spied a Yellow Warblers nest in a tree 

 overhanging the track but of course did not take it, 



We passed a marsh, 'after 2 miles steady walking, which 

 was the home of innumerable Red-winged Blackbirds, 

 but resisted the temptation to add another set to our ai- 

 re a ly large series. Near this place we gathered a splen- 

 did set of Bobolink, taken on account of its unusually 

 line markings. 



We passed through a large orchard and were rewarded 

 by a set of 4 Nuthatch (S. caroiinensis), and also a set of 

 Red-eyed Vireo which we gathered in a bush on our way 



