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THE RHINOCEROS AUKLET. 



to Sitka, and soiitli to Lower Calitoniia ami jai)an. Has nested as far sonth as 

 the Faralloiies. 



Range in Washington. — Coniinon off I'acifie Coast, easual on Puget Sound. 

 J'.reediiii; statinns: Destruction Island. Smith's Island{?), and (formerly) Pro- 

 tecti<in Island. 



Migrations. — rnknown ; hut hirds j^robahlv retire southward irregularly in 

 winter. 



Authorities. — Ccyorliiuca siicklc\i Cass., Cassin (in Baird), Re]). Pac, R. R. 

 c-'ur\-, l.\. pi. II. 1838. ]). (;o(). C. iiiiiiioccrata (Pall.), Cooper and Suckley, Rep. 

 Pac. R. R. Surv. \'ol. XII. pt. 11. iSf.o. p. J84. Kk. 1'.. E. 



Specimens. — (I', of W. 1 I'mv. I'.X. C. D. 



DESTRUCTIOX ISLAND, unlike most of the ( )lyinpiades. is not a 

 stubborn remnant of some ancient rnckv headland, but is rather a detachefl 

 fragment of a \alle\' fluor. — in fact, a chip nf the ])ros_\- niainhmd block fotir 

 miles distant It nwes its preservation U> a series of outlying reefs, grim bones 

 frmii which the sea has stripped the flesh, and is itself a phase of dissolution. 

 C)n this account its top is le\el, wliile its sides are fresh-cut and steep, rdtho 

 a brave luxuriance of \egetation serx'es to retard, ;is it disguises, the progress 

 of decay. 



.\l)out this island of si.xty acres gather a few memories of the Inim.an, a 

 traged\- of disco\'ery, a ship- 

 wreck or two, and latteidy the 

 brave, lonesome life of light- 

 kee])ers. P>ut these are mat- 

 ters of two centuries, a mere 

 ye.sterdaw Drop down behind 



Taken on Destruction Jstand 



Photo by the Atitlior. 



GLOVES .\KI'; KI.COMMI-NDED. 



