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42S. Chimney Swallow. Common in the 
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The following notes are added on several species previously 
reported for the Island. 
Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift.— The houses outside of 
the large towns at Cape Breton are generally very poorly supplied 
with chimneys. In fact, brick chimneys are rarely seen, but small 
stovepipes are used. Chimney Swifts, which are common, have 
therefore to adapt themselves, and I was told that it is usual for 
them to nest in barns and sheds. At French River, close to the 
sea, I observed on August 22 a Swift flying in and out of a window 
in a small hay bam. Inside on the end wall opposite the window 
and close under the apex of the rafters the nest was fixed and it 
contained the half-grown young. The nest was a rather bulky 
affair, made of spruce twigs, and the glue-like substance with which 
the twigs were stuck together was smeared like varnish on the 
boards above and below the nest. Below the nest was a large pile 
of droppings, as if the place had been used for several years. This 
accumulation was added to from time to time by the young, who 
carefully disposed themselves so as to avoid soiling the nest. 
When the adult bird flew in with food, chirping loudly, there was a 
loud reply from the young. The old bird generally alighted on 
the wall below the nest, clinging in a vertical position, and later 
fluttered up to the edge of the nest where it fed the young. The 
shrill twittering of the young was almost deafening in the small 
hay loft. The next morning early I found both parents at the nest, 
one on the wall, the other sitting on the nest, spreading one wing 
at times, and brooding the young. (Xud^XX/^, »(•> /•> 
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24. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Abundant about the 
lakes. Many seen in Haileybury where they nest in chimneys. 
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164. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Common summer resi- 
dent, April 27 to August 31; earliest April 18, 1891; breeds (June 7, 1892). 
