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Our specimens have not been taken on the treeless plains and 

 though some of the references under C. virginianus may refer to 

 this form we have no specimens of it. 



Family XXXVI. MICROPODID^. Swifts. 

 CLV. CYPSELOIDES Streubel. 1848. 

 ^422. Black Swift. 



Cypseloides niger boreaiis {YiET^^^^i.Y) Drew. 1.885. 



Sumas, British Columbia. {Lord.) A migrant in British Col- 

 umbia. {Fannin) Abundant summer resident. {Brooks.) Ob- 

 served a number at Chilliwack, B.C., June 2nd, 1902 ; seen at 

 Agassiz, B.C., May 19th, 1889 ; first seen at Comox, Vancouver 

 Island, June 15th, 1893, also at Nanaimo ; only seen for a few 

 days during migration. {Spreadborough) 



First seen at Lulu Island May 25th, and more seen on the 26th, 

 migrating leisurely. Frequently seen in great flocks on the 

 Thompson and over the lakes near Ashcroft. On the 7th of 

 June, my notes report " 2,000 hovering low about a small lake," 

 the only chance I had to secure specimens. They remained there 

 all that day, but were gone the next day. Occasional flocks 

 appeared at Clinton, Lac la Hache, Ashcroft and Kamioops until 

 June I2th. They were again seen at Vernon June 22nd. At no 

 time did they appear singly or in detached pairs. {Rkoads.) 



CLVI. CH-ffiTURA Stephens. 1825. 

 »s423. Chimney Swift. 



Chcetura pelagica (Linn,) Steph. 1825. 



One shot in 1863 near Sukkertop, Greenland. {Arct Man) 

 Apparently rare in Newfoundland, at least at Cow Head. {Reeks.) 

 An abundant summer resident in Nova Scotia. {Dow?is.) Baddeck 

 and Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898. Seen near 

 Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island ; not common June 23rd, 

 1888. {Macoun.) Rather rare and not often seen in Prince 

 Edward Island. It usually nests in hollow trees. Not rare at 

 Baddeck; Cape Breton Island. {Dwight.) A common sum- 

 mer resident in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) A common 

 summer resident and breeds at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. 

 {W. H. Moore) Common in the Restigouche valley, N.B. ; nest- 



