Bird* at Fort Klamatk, Qr**on. 
U. A. Maaraa, 
17. Tachycineta bicolor ( VieUlot ). White-Bellied Swallow. — 
No. 14, £ ad., April 28. 1875. An abundant species ( Witlich ). 
Bull. N. O.O. 4, Jmly, 1*79, ».184 
Birds of Waskirngrton Os. Oregon. 
A. W. Akthoujr. 
89. Tachycineta bicolor. Wiiite-bellied Swallow. — Abundant 
summer resident. Builds in hollow stubs and Woodpecker holes. 
A*k, 3 . April. 1330. P-170 
Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon. J,C 
Merrill. Remarks by Wm. Brewster 
Tachycineta bicolor. — Arrived April 4 in small flocks, and was common 
by the middle of the month ; breeds. 
Auk, V. October, 1888. p.360 
Tree Swallows by the Million. —Early in September I visited the 
Long Beach Club at Barnegat, N. J. This club is located on that long, 
narrow point of land which lies between the ocean and Barnegat Bay. 
It is about ten miles in length and the club is located two miles fiom the 
extreme point. The width of the land here between .the bay and ocean is 
only a fewhundred feet. While there I was attracted by an exti aoi dinaiy 
flight of Tree Swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ) which commenced about 
eight o’clock each morning and lasted several hours, the birds flying 
always up the beach toward the inlet and never in the opposite direction. 
Evidently they crossed the channel and returned later in the day along 
the opposite shore of the bay to their night quarters. My interest in this 
daily flight was greatly aroused by the enormous numbers of the birds. 
My stay lasted but a few days, but on the 19th I again visited the club 
and on the morning of the 20th watched for the birds, hoping to see 
them again. Not a Swallow was seen until the solid column of the flight 
appeared, and it was at once apparent that where there were hundreds two 
weeks previous there were now thousands. I he flight was compact like 
a swarm of bees and at times almost darkened the sky. Most of the time 
there were two distinct columns, one flying low just over the water, and 
the other high up in the air. I watched the flight for hours, and the air 
in both directions seemed alive with them as far as the eye could reach. 
In attempting to shoot one for identification and mounting, a single dis- 
charge of my gun killed ten birds, so compact was the flight. Two of these 
(evidently adult males) were in magnificent plumage, their backs fairly- 
glistening with the most brilliant steel-blue color. Three or four others 
showed some color, and the rest (probably young birds) none at all. 
The next day I again watched the flight in company with my companion 
the Hon. Clarence Lexow, of New York. A northeast gale was blowing 
against which the birds were flying with much difficulty. A heavy rain 
soon set in and the wind blew furiously, still the flight continued and it 
was rarely that the chain was broken, even for a few seconds. The 
appearance of a Sparrow Hawk among them had the effect of causing the 
birds to rise to a great height, but the flight was in no respect letaided. 
After watching the birds nearly all of the forenoon we made a careful 
estimate of the number that had passed and we calculated that it was not 
to be reckoned by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but by 
millions. — Tohn Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. . a 
Auk, XVII, Jan. , 1900, p p- tT' 6 *- 
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