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1 19. T^e TP/itfe Bellied Swallow ( Iridojrocne bicolor). By S. Lock- 
wood. With a note by E. C[oues], Ibid., XIV, p. 54, Jan. 1880.— Feed- 
ing on bayberries. The Cotile rijaria observed feeding on bayberries by 
Mr. Alhnson ( see No. 115) believed to be an erroneous identification 
of I. bicolor . Amaf, Naturalist 
154 - Bate Stay of Swallows. By F. C. Browne. Ibid., XV p 307 — 
‘‘One or two thousand” White-bellied Swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor) \t 
Clark s Island. Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 13, 1880. FOT. & BUmm 
J S °' ^otesfromj/telter Island [JV. r.j By Moses B. Griffing. 
S^etc.' Whlte - be " ied Swal,ow — Oct. 25 and one* Nov. .3’, O. 
524 ■ Ornithological Notes. By Ernest D. WintTe. Ibid Hindoo 
-t Pai ;° f White - beUied Swall °- *7 r 3 eggs; Catbirds la^ng’spo ted 
eggs; ‘two species of Crow Blackbird in Canada,” but the supposed 
occurrence of ^uiscalas major is doubtless erroneous, as stated by Everett 
mi 1 ( b,d.. hi, p . 207). (See below, No. 526.) Pan- Sport, & Naturalist 
We recently received a nest of the White-bellied 
Swallow. It is thickly lined with pure white hen’s 
feathers ; together with the four white eggs, the ap- 
pearance is one of unusual delicacy. 
O.&O. XIV, Jul. 1889 pill 
Auk, XIL April, 1895, .&V- ' S J~ L/ : 
Mortality among White-bellied Swallows in Florida. — During the 
almost unprecedented cold snap which prevailed throughout I lorida in 
the first half of February, an exceedingly large number of White-bellied 
Swallows succumbed to the severity of the weather. These were either 
directly killed by the sudden fall in temperature or were overcome by the 
scarcity of insect food occasioned by the protracted cold. While I have 
no information as to the condition of affairs in other parts of the State, it 
seems reasonable to suppose that what was observed in this section 
obtained elsewhere. 
On February 13, while driving along the stage route between Lake 
Worth and Biscayne Bay, numerous dead birds were noticed. At New 
River, on the afternoon of the same day, when the cold was not especially 
severe, although it had been so the previous night, many Swallows while 
on the wing were seen to fall lifeless into the river. I learn that at Lemon 
City for several days the boys amused themselves by dropping their hats 
over benumbed or exhausted Swallows on the docks. On the morning of 
February 15, seven dead birds were taken from under the seat of a 
catboat where they had evidently sought shelter during the previous 
afternoon and had perished in the night. The same day I noticed many 
dead Swallows in the water and on the shores of Biscayne Bay adjacent to 
this place. At Cocoanut Grove, about ten miles further south, many 
birds were killed, over sixty dead Swallows being found one morning on 
the roof of a piazza. Persons who visited the ocean shore, which is a 
favorite resort for these birds, reported the beach as thickly bestrewn 
with dead Swallows. At the house of refuge, located on the coast oppo- 
site this place, over one hundred and fifty dead birds were counted one 
day. 
An examination of the alimentary tracts of some of the birds showed 
an entire absence of food ; and to this cause, rather than the direct 
influence of the cold, I am inclined to attribute the exceedingly great 
mortality which ensued. — Hugh M. Smith, Lemon City , Dade Co ., 
Florida. 
