MASS. ( Middlesex Co J 
APR 25 1888 
Two at West Townsend flying over the village. Seen 
daily at Ashby, but apparently not numerous anywhere in the region. 
In a pasture on the side of nt Watatic at an elevation af about 
800 feet, I found a nest of this swallow in a natural hole in an 
old apple tree. The parent birds were wonderfully tame, and appa- 
rently wholly unsuspicious of any danger on account of our pres- 
ence. They would pass in and out of the hole when wecwere stand- 
ing wiohin a few feet of it, and when we looked in would, perch on 
twigs a yard or two above us without showing the least uneasiness. 
The nest conat ined four or five young about ready to fly. I ob- 
served that they were fed by both parents. One of the old birds 
in passing close by me occasional ly flapped its wings alternately 
like acehimney Swift, but usually the wing strokes were given to- 
gether. 
