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at Banff, Rocky Mountains, breeding in cliffs at Canmore, June, 

 1891; a large colony was found along the Wait-a-bit which flows 

 into the Columbia at Donald, B.C.i not seen at Revelstoke, but 

 shot in the Eagle Pass a little to the west ; quite common at Deer 

 Park and Robson in the Columbia valley, breeding in large num- 

 bers in the cliffs ; observed a few at Henry House, Athabasca 

 Pass in July, 1898 ; first seen April 9th, 1903, common by the 

 17th at Penticton, south of Lake Okanagan; abundant around the 

 cascade at Spence's Bridge and at Yale, B.C., May, 1889; a few 

 were observed at Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901; first seen 

 near Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 8th, 1893 i ^Y May loth 

 they were very abundant ;, later in the season they were found 

 breeding at Sooke, Nanaimo and Comox. {Spreadborough^ Com- 

 mon in" British Columbia. {Lord.) Found only at Ashcroft ; 

 breeds. {Streator.) An abundant summer resident throughout the 

 province. {Fannin.) Common ; may breed in the vicinity of 

 Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Uniformly distributed throughout British 

 Columbia up to 7000 feet. {Rhoads.) Common at Donald, 

 Columbia River ; very common at the mouth of Nicola River, B. 

 C; and in Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C. {E. F. G. White.) 



We saw a single male among flocks of bank swallows flying 

 over Fifty-mile River above Miles Canon, July nth, 1899, and 

 another between White Horse Rapids and Lake Lebarge. In 

 July I took a male from several that we saw near Hootalinqua 

 River and at the Semenow Hills, July 20th, Osgood secured a 

 female, finding her nest with four young in a crevice in the cliff ; 

 after this we saw colonies of from six to ten individuals and one 

 near White River that must have contained over fifty ; they were 

 nesting about the cliffs as a rule, but several times we saw them 

 enter holes in banks similar to those of the bank swallow, while 

 at Fort Selkirk they were nesting in the interstices between the 

 logs of the cabins ; we often met with small colonies until we 

 were within 15 miles of Circle City, Alaska. {Bishop.) 



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Thirteen; four taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C., in 

 June, 1890, one at Revelstoke, B.C., May 25th,i890,four at Spence's 

 Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, and four at Victoria, Vancouver Island 

 April and May, 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



