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earliest record which really belongs to the Cliff Swallow is that of its 

 arrival, April 12, at Paris, 111. A single bird was seen at Tampico? 

 111., April 18 j and April 19 a few were noticed at a colony near Saint 

 Louis, Mo. April 20 and 21 they reached Aledo, 111. ; Bichinond, Iowa : 

 Manhattan, Kans.; Clinton, Wis.; Lake Mills, Wis.; and Few Cassel, 

 Wis. They reached Lanesboro, Minn., April 23, and Lake City, Minn., 

 April 26. Forth of these places migration was greatly delayed, appar- 

 ently by the storms of the early part of May. Fot until May 10 were 

 Cliff Swallows noted from Minneapolis, Minn., and they were not re- 

 ported from Eiver Palls, Wis., until May 17. At Shell Eiver, Mani- 

 toba, they arrived May 23. 



In the fall of 1885 there was a great migration of Cliff Swallows past 

 Saint Louis, Mo., September 8 and 9, and they were still present in 

 numbers September 11. Fone were seen at Saint Louis after Septem- 

 ber 14, but one was observed at Grinnell, Iowa, September 16. 



613. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.). [154.] Barn Swallow. 



A common summer resident throughout the Mississippi Valley, which 

 it enters from the south very early in the spring; tolerably common in 

 Manitoba. Mr. Lloyd states that in Tom Green and Concho counties, 

 Tex., it raises two broods. March 6, 1881, it was found building- at 

 Eagle Pass, Tex. Partner east, and a little north (at Abbeville.. La.), 

 it was not seen until March 27 ; at Gainesville, Tex., the first one came 

 April 1, and at Kodney, Miss., one was seen April 4. On the same day 

 one appeared at Eeeds, Mo. April 10 they were recorded at Payette, 

 Mo., and Burlington, Iowa, but the birds seen must have been strag- 

 glers, for none were reported from the neighboring stations till some 

 time later. 



Seven reports were received from Iowa in addition to that from Bur- 

 lington, and all but one put the date of arrival later than May 1 — most 

 of them in the first week of May — while the records from northern Illi- 

 nois and southern Wisconsin were all in April, from the 21st to the 

 27th. At Pine Bend, Minn., the first came May 2, and at Menoken, 

 Dak., May 12. It must be confessed that this record looks rather mixed , 

 and yet it is hardly to be wondered at when we consider the remark- 

 able power of flight of the Swallow. Distance is nothing to it, and 

 favorable atmospheric conditions for a few hours only might bring cer- 

 tain individuals north far beyond their fellows. At Saint Louis, Mo., 

 Mr. Widmann found old pairs at their breeding places April 28 / but 

 the new pairs came and selected breeding places in May, even as late 

 as May 22. 



In the fall of 1 884 the bulk of Barn Swallows left Williamstown, Iowa, 

 August 28, and the last was seen September 9. The bulk left Mount 

 Carmel, Mo., August 26, and the last was seen there September 6. 



In the spring of 1885 the records of this species extended from March 

 1, when it reached Eagle Pass, Tex., to May 30, when it was reported 

 from Ossowo, Manitoba. Hence it was ninety- one days in traversing 



