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42. Western Meadow Lark. Sturnella magna neglecta. Toler- 
ably common resident. 
43. Western Lark Sparrow. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. 
Common in Chehalis Valley. 
44. Oregon Towhee. Pipilo maculatus oregonus. Tolerably 
common, particularly in Chehalis Valley and near Montesano. 
45. Purple Martin. Progne subis. Common in Chehalis Valley. 
46. Cedar Waxwing. <Ampelis cedrorum. Saw several flocks. 
of from fifteen to twenty on the Hoquiam River. 
47. Nuthatch. .Si#/a sp.? Quite a common bird in the woods. 
48. Chickadee. Parvus sp.? Tolerably common, in flocks at all 
seasons. 
ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARALLON 
ISLANDS. 
GEOLOGY AND BOTANY BY J. W. BLANKINSHIP. 
ZOOLOGY BY CHARLES A. KEELER. 
Thirty miles west of the Golden Gate, in the Pacific, are the 
Farallon Islands, composed of three groups, called the North, 
_ Middle and South Farallones, and various rocks and shoals. They 
have a general northwest and southeast trend, parallel with the 
coast, and from Noonday Rock on the North to the South Faral- 
lones is a distance of about eleven miles. All except the extreme 
southern are mere points of rock in the ocean, the largest being 
only 160 yards in diameter. 
The South Farallon is nearly a mile in length from east to west, 
and about half that distance in its greatest width. Its greatest ele- 
vation is 343 feet, and upon this peak the lighthouse is situated. 
The island is visited each week from May to July by the eggers, 
but at other times it has only occasional communication with the 
shore by means of tugs and the lighthouse tender. It is chiefly 
noted as the largest sea-bird rookery on the Coast. The following — 
notes refer only to the South Farallon Island, and as the result of - 
a two-days’ collecting excursion, can hardly claim to’be more than 
a very general survey. 
