Hirundo horroorun 
Rye Beach, New Hampshire. 
1868. 
Aug* 15. Passing steadily southv/ard all day. Upon counting 
the S vallows (four species, but chiefly those and Tachvci- 
neta bicolor ) that passed a given point in thirty minutes, 
the result was one thousand, or about thirty thousand ifesr 
for the entire day. 
1871 - 
Julu 28, Abundant in company with T. bicolor ^ P. lunifrons 
and Cotile about the Eel Pond, They come in at the 
northern end and fly leisurely through, passing out at 
the southern end. If the weather is fair they often 
remain' a day or two. Sometimes many hundreds are in 
sight^ at once. 
Aug, 7, All four species of Swallows are now abundant on the 
Eel Pond, this species and T. bicolor prediminating 
They pass through all^dpy, flying steadily southv/ard. 
In the early morning they linger more, hav/king about over 
the marsh aftern insects. 
“ 23. At daylight each morning they come into the marsh 
from the south (in which direction they must have roosts.j 
and boat aboutin by hundreds close over thv/ tall grass. 
Later in the morning after the sun has risen tho3>’ collect 
on the fence ails in long rows, probably to digest their 
early meal, 
1872, Not mentioned in my notes, byt of course abundant, 
as it always is on the Eel Pond in July and August . 
