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common in many parts of Cape Breton island, N.S., 1898; com- 

 mon at Brackley point, Prince Edward island, Jtme, 1883. (Ma- 

 coun.) Fairly common, nesting in old woodpecker holes and clear- 

 ings, crevices about barns and the hollow ends of rails composing 

 the zig-zag fences so common on Prince Edward island. (Dwight.) 

 Common summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A 

 tolerably common resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. 

 {W. H. Moore.) Rare in the Restigouche valley, N.B. ; only seen 

 in the vicinity of settlements. {Brittain & Cox.) On July 9th 

 two were seen at Fox bay, Anticosti. {Brewster.) A common 

 summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) An abundant sum- 

 mer resident at Montreal; breeds in the city and in Mount Royal 

 park; I have found their nests containing eggs, from May 29th to 

 June 2nd, and young birds in nests to July 14th; observed here 

 from April 7th to September 13th. (Wintle.) 



A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario ; this species 

 is the first swallow to arrive in the spring and consequently is the 

 earliest to breed. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular summer resident 

 at Toronto, Ont. ; abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound 

 and Muskoka districts; I have met with them nesting in deserted 

 woodpecker holes. (/. H. Fleming.) Two pairs were breeding 

 at Cache lake, Algonquin park, Ont. in June, 1900, one pair in an 

 old woodpecker's nest in a telegraph pole, the other pair in a hole 

 in a tree on the shore of the lake ; common from Missinabi to Moose 

 Factory, James bay. {Spreadborough.) Formerly quite common 

 at London, Ont., but now much less so; fuUy as numerous in north 

 Bruce as near London ; although this bird departs from the vicinity 

 of London about August 20th to 25th yet on September 20th, 1900, 

 I saw about 50 circling over the marshes at Point Pelee, so that it 

 evidently travels very slowly for the first stage of its journey. {W. 

 E. Saunders.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. ; arri »es 

 about April 14th and leaves about August i8th. {A. B. Klugh.) 

 A few seen on lower Red river, June 15th, 1901, and two at Norway 

 House, June 19th; common between Norway House and Oxford 

 House, and many nests were observed in deserted holes of wood- 

 peckers, in trees at the water's edge, June 23rd to 30th; common 

 also at Oxford House and noted on Steel river, July 9th; on our 

 return through their haunts early in September we saw none. {E. 

 A. Preble.) York Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) 



