CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 539 



One set of four eggs taken at St.Thomas, Ont., June 19th, 1898, 

 by Mr. Frank L. Farley. 



CCXVI. PETROCHELIDON Cabanis. 1850. 



612. Cliff Swallow. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say) Cassin. 1853. 

 A rare summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Common 

 summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) Common at Sydney, 

 Cape Breton Island, breeding locally. {C. R. Harte.) Abundant 

 in some localities, especially at Margaree, Cape Breton Island, 

 July, 1898; rather common, flying over the marshes at Brackley 

 Point, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. {Macoun.) A common 

 bird on Prince Edward Island; locally distributed and nesting in 

 colonies under the eaves of barns and houses. {Dwight.) An 

 abundant summer resident in town and country in New Bruns- 

 wick. {^Chamberlain!) A summer resident at Scotch Lake, York, 

 Co., N. B. {W. H. Moore!) I found a small colony nesting 

 under the eaves of a shed at Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton , 

 Island. {Brewster!) Taken at Beauport ; a common summer 

 resident around Quebec^ {Dionne.) Common summer resident 

 at Montreal. Breeds on the Island of Montreal. Observed from 

 April 19th to September 4th, 1893. {WitUle.) 



Common summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, VoU 

 V.) Very common in all parts of eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) Formerly abundant about London, Ont., but now re- 

 stricted and found on but very few farms, though when protected 

 as many- as fifty pairs are yet known to breed on one barn. 

 {W. E. Saunders.) Breeds in large colonies at a few barns in the 

 vicinity of Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May 15th, leaves about 

 August 17th. {A. B. Klugh.) An abundant summer resident at 

 Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young.) 



This is the most abundant, generally distributed and character- 

 istic species of the swallow family throughout the region along 

 the 49th parallel from Pembina to the Rocky Mountains. The 

 laying season in this latitude is at its height during the second 

 and third weeks of June. {Cones.) Very abundant summer 

 resident in Manitoba; at Brandon, Fort Ellice and Shoal Lake, in 

 1882, they were breeding in very large numbers, having placed 



