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The shrill twittering of the young was almost deafening in the 

 small hay-loft. The next morning eariy I found both parents at 

 the nest, one on the wall, the other sitting on the nest, spreading 

 one wing at times, and brooding the young. (Dr. C. W. Townsend.) 



424. Vaux Swift. 



Chcetura vauxii (Towns.) DeKay. 1844. 



Only seen at Sumas, British Columbia. {Lord.) East and west 

 of the coast range, but not to my knowledge occurring on Van- 

 couver Island. {Fannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack; com- 

 mon. {Brooks.) Seen above the station at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 May 12th, 1890; rather common towards the end of May; common 

 at Deer park, Lower Arrow lake, and at Pass creek, near Robson, 

 Columbia river; seen at Kamloops and Sicamous and on Mount 

 Queest, Gold range, B.C., at an altitude of 6,000 feet, always flying 

 very high; common at Trail, near the international boundary, for 

 a few days in the spring of 1902 ; common at Chilliwack and along 

 that river to Chilliwack lake, B.C., June 1901 ; seen for the first time 

 at Comox, Vancouver Island, June i6th, 1893; after this they 

 became common; I believe they breed in the vicinity ; saw five 

 at Princeton, B.C., June 19th, 1905, and found it to be common on 

 the Skagit river; first seen at Douglas, B.C., May 12th, 1906; quite 

 common a few days afterwards. (Spreadborough.) Arrived April 

 nth at Nisqually and May 13th at Goldstream, Vancouver island, 

 where it was an abundant migrant, associating at times with C. niger. 

 Seen at Lac la H4che, B.C., July ist. (Rhoads.) 



Family XXXVII. TROCHILID^. Hummingbirds. 

 CLXXX. TROCHILUS Linn^us. 1758- 

 428. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



Trochilus colubris. Linn. 1758. 



A single individual, a male, was seen within four feet of me July 

 17th, 1882, on the hill top (825 feet elevation) back of the station 

 at Davis inlet; Audubon states that few were seen by him in Labra- 

 dor. {Packard.) An abundant summer visitor in Nova Scotia; 

 comes when the red maple is in bloom. {Downs; Tufts.) Rather 



