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earliest record which really belongs to the Cliff Swallow is that of its 
arrival, April 12, at Paris, Ill. <A single bird was seen at Tampico» 
IIL, April 18; and April 19 a few were noticed at a colony near Saint 
Louis, Mo, April 20and 21 they reached Aledo, Ill.; Richmond, Iowa; 
Manhattan, Kans.; Clinton, Wis.; Lake Mills, Wis.; and New Cassel, 
Wis. They reached Lanesboro, Minn., April 23, and Lake City, Minn., 
April 26. North of these places migration was greatly delayed, appar- 
ently by the storms of the early part of May. Not until May 10 were 
Cliff Swallows noted from Minneapolis, Minn., and they were not re- 
ported from River Falls, Wis., until May 17. At Shell River, Mani- 
toba, they arrived May 23. 
In the fall of 1885 there was a great migration of Cliff Swallows past 
Saint Louis, Mo., September 8 and 9, and they were still present in 
numbers September 11. None were seen at Saint Louis after Septem- 
ber 14, but one was observed at Grinnell, Iowa, September 16. 
613. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.). [154.] Barn Swallow. 
A common summer resident throughout the Mississippi Valley, which 
it enters from the south very early in the spring; tolerably common in 
Manitoba. Mr. Lloyd states that in Tom Green and Concho counties, 
Tex., it raises two broods. March 6, 1884, it was found building at 
Eagle Pass, Tex. Farther east, and a little north (at Abbeville, La.), 
it was not seen until March 27; at Gainesville, Tex., the first one came 
April 1, and at Rodney, Miss., one was seen April4, On the same day 
one appeared at Reeds, Mo. April 10 they were recorded at Fayette, 
Mo., and Burlington, Iowa, but the birds seen must have been strag- 
glers, for none were reported from the neighboring stations till some 
time later. 
Seven reports were received from Iowa in addition to that from Bur- 
lington, and all but one put the date of arrival later than May 1—most 
of them in the first week of May—while the records from northern Illi- 
nois and southern Wisconsin were all in April, from the 21st to the 
27th. At Pine Bend, Minn., the first came May 2, and at Menoken, 
Dak., May 12. It must be confessed that this record looks rather mixed, 
and yet it is hardly to be wondered at when we consider the remark- 
able power of flight of the Swallow. Distance is nothing to it, and 
favorable atmospheric conditions for a few hours only might bring cer- 
tain individuals north far beyond their fellows. At Saint Louis, Mo., 
Mr. Widmann found old pairs at their breeding places April 28, but 
the new pairs came and selected breeding places in May, even as late 
as May 22. 
In the fall of 1884 the bulk of Barn Swallows left Williamstown, Iowa, 
August 28, and the last was seen September 9. The bulk left Mount 
Carmel, Mo., August 26, and the last was seen there September 6. 
In the spring of 1885 the records of this species extended from March 
1, when it reached Eagle Pass, Tex., to May 30, when it was reported 
from Ossowo, Manitoba. Hence it was ninety-one days in traversing 
