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igoi, while I was encamped at the mouth of a river on the " bar- 

 ren grounds," about 25 miles south of Cape Eskimo, on the west 

 coast of Hudson Bay, a barn swallow that had evidently been fol- 

 lowing the course of the stream flew past the camp. When it 

 reached the bay it turned southward and soon disappeared from 

 sight down the coast. (E. A. Prebles.) I have no note of seeing 

 this bird at Pembina, but during July and August they were 

 observed at various points along the 49th parallel, nearly to the 

 Rocky Mountains. (Coues.) A rare summer visitant in Manitoba, 

 but breeding west of the province at Qu'Appelle. (Tkompso/p- 

 SetoH.) First seen at Indian Head, Assa., on May 24th, 1892, 

 they were common in a few days and breed in the vicinity; two 

 males were the first arrivals at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 15th, 1894, 

 building commenced on May 20th; at Crane Lake 100 miles to the 

 east many pairs were breeding in the farm buildings early in June; 

 late in the month they were found in old buildings at the east end 

 of the Cypress Hills; one nest was found at Crane Lake, built 

 on a stringer of a bridge across a small creek; in 1895 this 

 species was seen on the prairie from Old Wives' Creek by way of 

 Wood Mountain and Frenchman's River to the south side of the 

 Cypress Hills; it was found in all the ravines of the Cypress Hills 

 and a nest was taken at Sucker Creek in an old shack; it was also 

 found on Spur Creek and was very common along Milk River, 

 St. Mary's River and Lee's Creek to the foothills of the Rocky 

 Mountains; two observed at the head of Lesser Slave Lake in 

 June, 1903; common from Edmonton to Yellowhead Pass in June, 

 1898 ; occasionally seen in the foothills from Calgary south- 

 ward to Crow's Nest Pass in July and August, 1897; a common 

 species at Banff, Rocky Mountains, breeding in the barns and 

 outhouses in the village in June, 1891 ; not seen in the Columbia 

 valley except on the mountains on the west side of Pass Creek 

 near Rcbson, B.C., June 26th, 1890; common at Kamloops, Spence's 

 Bridge and Penticton, B.C.; specimens were taken at Westmin- 

 ster Junction, Agassiz and Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., in 1889; 

 abundant at Chilliwack in the spring of 1901; a few seen at 

 Huntington, on the International Boundary in September ; an 

 abundant summer resident throughout Vancouver Island. 

 (Spreadborough.) An abundant summer resident throughout 

 British Columbia. {Fannin.) More plentiful east than west of 

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