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at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Beau- 

 port; common summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) A 

 common summer resident at Montreal; breeds on the island of 

 Montreal; observed here from May 19th to August 20th. (WinUe.) 



A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. 

 J. Young.) An abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka districts; regular summer resident at Toronto, Ont. (J. 

 H. Fleming.) Common in Algonquin park, Ont. ; a pair built in the 

 boat-house at C4che lake, eggs hatched on June i6th, 1900. (Spread- 

 borough.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. ; arrives about 

 April 20th, leaves about September 5th. (A. B. Klugh.) An abun- 

 dant summer resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 

 On the morning of August 13th, 1901, while I was encamped at the 

 mouth of a river on the " barren grounds," about twenty-five miles 

 south of Cape Eskimo, on the west coast of Hudson bay, a bam 

 swallow that had evidently been following the course of the stream 

 flew past the camp. When it reached the bay it turned southward 

 and soon disappeared from sight down the coast. (E. A. Preble.) 



I have no note of seeing this bird at Pembina, but during July and 

 August, they were observed at various points along the 49th parallel, 

 nearly to the Rocky mountains. (Coues.) Tolerably common at 

 Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) A rapidly increasing species throughout 

 Manitoba and the Northwest. I was five years at Portage la Prairie 

 before I collected a specimen, but of recent years they are becoming 

 quite numerous. (Atkinson.) A rare summer visitant in Manitoba, 

 but breeding west of the province at Qu'Appelle. (E. T. Seton.) 

 First seen at Indian Head, Sask., on May 24th, 1892; they were 

 common in a few days and breed in the vicinity ; two males were the 

 first arrivals at Medicine Hat, Sask., May 15th, 1894, building com- 

 menced on May 20th; at Crane lake, 100 miles to the east, many 

 pairs were breeding in the farm buildings early in June; late in the 

 month they were found in old buildings at the east end of the Cypress 

 hills ; one nest was found at Crane lake, built on a stringer of a bridge 

 across a small creek; in 1895 this species was seen on the prairie 

 from Old Wives creek by way of Wood mountain and Frenchman 

 river to the south side of the Cypress hills; it was found in all the 

 ravines of the Cypress hills and a nest was taken at Sucker creek in 



