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Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., April 30th, 

 1897, breeding in trees late in May, found a nest in a hole in a 

 balsam poplar stub about 12 feet from the ground; nest made of 

 a little fine grass, lined with feathers; seen from Edmonton to 

 Jasper House, breeding in holes in trees in June, 1898. {Spread- 

 borough^ 



Abundant every year and breeding in great numbers through- 

 out southern Saskatchewan. {Coubeaux.) While on a moose 

 hunt, about 20 miles above Chemawawin, I saw apparently thou- 

 sands of these birds on a few dead trees standing out in the marsh. 

 Some of those trees were so crowded by the perching swallows 

 that there seemed literally to be no more room. {Nutting.) A 

 few specimens were seen between Athabasca Landing and Lesser 

 Slave River; a few individuals at north t-nd of Methye Portage; 

 about half a dozen birds on Isle a la Crosse Lake. {J .M. Macoun.) 

 This neat and handsome bird frequents the wooded districts up 

 to Lat. 60°, making its nest of dried grass and feathers in hollow 

 trees. {Richardson.) North to Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie 

 River. {Ross.) Breeding in trees at Canmore, within the Rocky 

 Mountains, iii June, i89i;"not uncommon at Revelstoke, on the 

 Columbia, B.C., in April, 1890; breeding in the old trees in the 

 river valley; common and breeding at Trail and Penticton, B.C., 

 in June, 1902 and 1903; common at Kamloops and Spence's 

 Bridge, Agassiz and Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., 1889; abun- 

 dant at Chilliwack, B.C., in spring, nesting in holes in trees. 

 {SpreaMorough.) More common east than west of Coast Range. 

 {Lord.^ Common summer resident in the coast region; breeds. 

 {Streator.) Province at large; abundant. {Fannin.) Abundant 

 summer resident at Chilliwack, B.C. {Brooks.) Uniformly abundant 

 throughout British Columbia up to 5,000 feet. {Rhoads.) Com- 

 mon at Donald, B.C.; and at Vancouver and Victoria in 1894. 

 {£. F. G. White.) 



Breeding commonly in old woodpecker holes in the tall dead 

 firs at the foot of the mountain back of Sitka, Alaska. {Gtinnell.) 

 I saw several at Skagway, May 31st, and over the Chilcat marshes 

 June 1st. Others were seen at Cariboo Crossing, B.C.; others at 

 Lake Marsh and several at Miles Canon; others again at Fort 

 Selkirk, Yukon district, entering an old dead tree. {Bishop) This 

 species has even a wider range than the barn swallow though not 

 breeding so far to the north owing to its nesting in holes in 



