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Five sets of eggs; two sets of four each taken at Skull Creek, 

 Crane Lake, Assa., June 17th, 1894, by Mr. Spreadborough ; one 

 set of four taken at Port Hope, Ont.,May 30th, 1900, and another 

 set of five taken at Rush Lake, Assa., June 30th, 1893, both by Mr. 

 W. Raine; one set of four taken at Port Hope, Ont., June 1st, 1900, 

 by Mr. W. H. Meeking. 



CCXVn. HIRUNDO Linn. 1758. 



613., Barn Swallow. 



Hirmido' erythrogaster Bodd. 1783. 

 Two specimens are known to have been obtained in Greenland; 

 one at Fiskenses about 1830, the other at Nenortalik. {Arct. Man.) 

 Breeds at Northwest River at the head of Hamilton Inlet, Labra- 

 dor. {Packard.) A rare summer migrant at Cow Head, New- 

 foundland. {Reeks.) Common summer resident throughout Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs.) Two individuals seen on Sable Island, N.S., 

 April 30th, 1902, and one September i6th same year. {James 

 Bouteillier.) Very common at Amherst, N.S., June 5th, 1901 ; 

 there were plenty of old nests, but no new ones at that date. 

 {C. R. Harte.) Rather common on Cape Breton Island, 1898 ; 

 common at Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888. {Macoun.) 

 Abundant and generally distributed on Prince Edward Island. 

 {Dwight.) Common summer resident through the country around 

 St. John, N.B. {CItatnberlain.) Rare in the Restigouche valley,' 

 N.B. {Brittain & Cox) Common summer resident at Scotch 

 Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Taken at Beauport; com- 

 mon summer resident around Quebec. {Dionne.) A common 

 summer resident at Montreal; breeds on the Island of Montreal; 

 observed here from May 19th to August 20th. {Wintle.) 



A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. 

 J. Young.) An abundant summer resident in the Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Common in Algonquin 

 Park, Ont.; a pair built in the boat-house at Cache Lake, eggs 

 hatched on June i6th, 1900. {Spreadborough.) Common summer 

 resident at Guelph, Ont.; arrives about April 20th, leaves about 

 September 5th. {A. B.Klugh.) An abundant summer resident at 

 Penetanguishene,Ont. {A.F.Young.) On the morning of August 13, 



