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ing on trees. {Brittain & Cox.) Common summer resident in 

 Quebec. (Diemne.) Numerous about Grenville and throughout 

 the valley of the Rouge, Argenteuil Co., Que., 1856. (D'Urdan.) 

 Summer resident at Montreal ; abundant ; breeds in the city, 

 attaching their nests against the inside walls of chimneys. 

 (Wif^le.) 



An abundant summer resident, breeding in immense numbers 

 in the great chimneys of the Parliament buildings. Early in 

 May they begin to arrive and by the end of the month they con- 

 gregate in thousands and late in the evening begin to descend in 

 a constant spiral stream in a large chimney in the western block. 

 In the first week in February, 1883, a chimney swift came dowa 

 a chimney in the house of Dr. J. F. Whiteaves, Assistant 

 Director of the Geological Survey. It was caught and 

 examined by him and remained alive for several days. , A 

 similar instance in known to have occurred in Toronto. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Abundant in Muskoka and Parry Sound 

 districts. (/. H. Fleming.) A common summer resident through- 

 out western Ontario. {W. E. Saunders.) Common in Algonquin 

 Park, Ont. Some nesting in a chimney at Cclche Lake and others 

 in hollow trees. {Spreadborough.) Nesting on the inside wall of 

 an outbuilding near the railway station at Aylmer, Ont. {A. G. 

 Kingston.) 



A tokrably common summer resident in Manitoba, but dimin- 

 ishing westward. {Thompson-Seton.) Common at Pembina, Lat. 

 49°, and traced thence westward only to the Mouse (Souris) River. 

 {Coues.) A few seen at Indian Head, Assa., in June, 1892. Two 

 individuals seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 17th, 1897. (Spread'- 

 borough.) 



Vol. V. of The Ottawa Naturalist, pp. 89-104, contains a very 

 complete description of the Ottawa colony of chimney swifts by 

 Mr. A. G. Kingston. The whole article should be read by those 

 interested in this bird. 



Breeding Notes. — Very common in summer, a few birds re- 

 maining until the end of September. It usually arrives from the 

 3rd to the 6th May. Its curious nest of sticks, glued together, 

 is well known. This is often placed in a disused chimney against 

 the woodwork of an empty house, and such like positions. {Rev. 

 C.J. Young.) Nest composed of small twigs of nearly uniform 

 size, which are interwoven into a neat semi-circular basket. Each 



