Vol. XI 
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Ge?ieral Notes. 
369 
Breeding of the Rough-winged Swallow at Shelter Island, New 
York.— While collecting with Mr. W. W. Worthington of Shelter Island, 
N. Y., June 3, 1893, I found a nest of the Rough-winged Swallow contain- 
ing four much incubated eggs. The nest was placed in a bank about forty 
feet high, on the shore; it looked like an old Bank Swallow’s burrow. It 
was two feet from the top of the bank and twenty-seven inches deep. The 
chamber the nest was in was twelve inches in diameter, and was completely 
filled with dried sea grasses on which the eggs were laid. 
I shot the female, and as it fell in the water the male came up and tried 
to help its disabled mate, at the same time uttering a most plaintive cry. — 
Harry B. Sargent, New York City. Auk X. Oct 1803 
Auk, XIV, Oct., 1897, p. w- „ 
Rough- winged Swallows {Stelgidopteryx sernpenms ) in Greene and 
Ulster Counties, N. Y. — On May 29, 1897, I found a pair of Rough- 
winged Swallows beginning to build in Palenville, Greene County, June 
11. The nest with six eggs was procured. At Quarryville (about five 
miles south of Palenville, being in the extreme northern part of Ulster 
County) there is a small colony of these birds breeding regularly every 
year, in the crevices of the rocks. Here I took a male specimen June 27, 
1896, and a nest containing five eggs June 29, 1897. These specimens were 
identified by Mr. Frank M. Chapman. — S. H. Chubb, New York City. 
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20. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Said to 
be “rarely seen,” and three records given. According to Mr. Miller it is 
a “not uncommon summer resident near Peterboro.” 
Sy /?. XX, July, 1003, p. 
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