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the houses at Fort Anderson, but it did not remain. They, 

 however, breed in large numbers along the banks of the Lock- 

 hart and Anderson rivers. (^Macfarlafte .) This bird from its 

 nesting habits is precluded from being a resident on the Arctic 

 Coast. It has been taken at Nulato and seems to be common at the 

 trading stations along the Yukon. {Nelson.) Common in British 

 Columbia. {Lord.) Common everywhere in the interior; breeds. 

 {Streator.) I have only found this bird east of the Coast Range, 

 where in some localities along the Cariboo road it is very 

 abundant. {Fannin.) Rare at Chilliwack; may breed in the 

 vicinity. {Brooks.) Abundant east of the Coast- Range in British 

 Columbia. {Rhoads.) 



This species was common at Log Cabin, June 15th; at Cariboo 

 Crossing, Lat. 60°, saw a few on June 29th, probably members of 

 the small colony breeding on the cliffs of asrnall island inTagish 

 Lake. We next saw the species near Hootalingua River, July 

 19th, and from this point to Dawson in Lat. 64° 15' we fre- 

 quently met with colonies of varying size, the largest being near 

 White River. Their nests were attached to cliffs bordering the 

 river, except at Fort Selkirk where they were breeding under the 

 eaves of houses. {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — The nest of the cliff swallow is built of mud 

 and is shaped like a bottle with the neck downward; it is lined with 

 feathers, grass, leaves, string and bits of rag; eggs 4, white, spot- 

 ted with reddish brown.. {G. R. White.) At Amherst, N.S., the 

 birds were common on June 5th, and under the Chignecto 

 Ship Canal power house were the remains of many old nests, but 

 no new ones ; the watchman said they breed very erratically, some 

 years in large numbers, others not at all ; there were no nests 

 under the eaves of barns. {C. R. Harte.) A covered nest of mud 

 lined inside with grass and feathers, fixed on the outside wall of 

 barns and sheds just under the roof ; nests taken at Ottawa and 

 Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it ; a first sitting in May 

 and a second in July in the usual procedure. {Garneau.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Six; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 25th, 1894, three 

 at Banff, Rocky Mountains, June 19th, 1891, two at Spence's 

 Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



