28 COUE8, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons Cah. — Cliff Swallow. "Eaves 

 Swallow." Abundant summer resident. 



Prof. Verrill (B. S. N. H. vol. ix, p. 276, 1863) has 

 recently elucidated some very interesting facts relative to 

 the distribution of this species, substantiating its occur- 

 rence in Eastern North America long before the time 

 when it was erroneously supposed to have immigrated 

 from the west. My present belief in the matter is that 

 the Cliff Swallow is, and always has been, amenable to the 

 ordinary laws of migration, and spread over nearly all of 

 Xorth America, the South Atlantic States, perhaps, ex- 

 cepted. The numerous recorded dates of its appearance 

 and breeding in particular localities, merely mark the 

 times when the birds forsook their natural breeding 

 places, and built under eaves, which enabled them to pass 

 the summer where formerly they were unable to breed 

 for want of suitable accommodations. 



No. 482, ^. Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. , 



No. 479, ? . Essex Co. Mr. Houghton, 1848. 



Tachycineta bicolor Cab. — White-bellied Swallow. 

 Abundant summer resident. 



No. 481, ? . Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



Cotyle riparia Boie. — Bank Swallow. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. 



No. 478. Essex Co. F. W. Putnam, 1854. 



Progne sybis 'Qsaxdi. — Purple Martin. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



It is very singular that there should be no instances on 

 record of the occurrence in New England of the Eough- 

 winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, as the species 

 certainly ought to be found there. 



AMPELID^. 



Ampelis garrulus Linn. — Bohemian Wax-wing. A very 

 rare visitant from the north in winter, and of very irreg- 

 ular occurrence. Accidental in more southern sections. 

 (Mass., Peab., p. 290; Putn., p. 228; AIL, p. 66; 

 8am., p. 7.— Conn., Dr. W- IV ooA, All., p. 66.) 



Ampelis cedrorum ^SiivA.. — Cedar Wax-wing. "Cedar 



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