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Genus Uria. 

 30a. Uria troile californica Bryant. California murre; Common, or Fool- 

 ish, guillemot. A numerous island resident in summer. 



Paahwoke-it, 300; Carrol islet, 1200; Jagged islet, 12; Willoughby, 400;, 

 Grenville Pillar, 800; Grenville Arch, 16; Erin islet, 30. Total number of 

 murres, 2988. 



Description: Under parts of body pure white; rest of plumage velvety 

 sooty brown. Head rather small; a deep groove of feathers back of eye; 

 nostrils concealed in feathers; bill slender, narrow. Bird about the size of 

 a common duck. 



Egg: The nest is the bare rock on which the egg is deposited. The egg 

 is pear-shaped and much longer than a hen's egg. It is bluish green in 

 color to yellowish green, with streaks and blotches of brown or black. 



The young murres are ready to fly about the first of September. The 

 young all perished in a storm mentioned above the latter part of August, 

 1909. When attacked, the mother bird will stay by her young till she is 

 often captured. Sometimes she will shuffle herself over the rocks and drag 

 her eggs with her; or, in case the hatched birds are nearly large enough to 

 fly, she will shove them into the sea to save them. The Indians rob these 

 birds' eggs; the gulls also destroy them. The young birds are also at the 

 mercy of both the Indians and gulls. The nest is watched by day by one of 

 the parents, by night by the other. The changing nest time is the scene o£ 

 much quarreling and commotion. 



Family Larid^: Gulls and Terns. 



Genus Lar'us. 



42. Larus glaucus Brunn. Glaucus gull. A rare migrant. 



Description : Back and top of wings, light pearl gray, rest of plumage^ 

 white. Tail square across the end. 



44. Larus glaucescens Naum. Glaucous-winged gull. An abundant island 

 resident in summer. Many of the birds of this species stay in. 

 the region throughout the year. 



Fuca's Pillar group, 800; Point of Arches group, 800; Father and Son, 

 150; Flattery rocks proper, 1000; White Rock, 800; Paahwoke-it, 10; Carrol 

 islet, 1800: Wishaloolth, 4000; Jagged islet, 300; Doh-od-a-a-luh, 50; Cake 

 Rock, 1500; James island group, 500; Quillayute Needles proper, 1000; 

 Giants' Graveyard, 20; Round islet, 150; Alexander island, 100; North 

 Rock, 20; Destruction island, 500. Total number of Glaucous-winged gulls, 

 13,500. + 5000 on the Strait of Fuca side; total, 18,500. 



Description: Plumage same as No. 42 above, except quills are clear gray 

 with white tips. Length of bird about 27. 



Nest and eggs: The eggs are three in number. They are laid on the 

 bare ground or rock surface. Sometimes, however, a makeshift of a nest 

 is made for them. Nests are also had in grassy areas and among the sea- 

 weed. 



The Western gull inhabits the southern half of the island groups, the 

 Glaucous-winged gull the northern section. The commingling ground of 

 the two species is in the vicinity of LaPush, Wash. The Indians rob these 

 birds of their eggs and young. Birds of this species have been known to 

 lay three settings of eggs in one season, in an endeavor to raise a brood. 

 The government now protects the rookeries. With this protection the 

 birds have begun to increase in numbers very rapidly. 



49. Larus occidentalis Aud. Western gull. A resident both summer and 

 winter, nesting on the islands in summer. 



Tatoosh island, a few scattering pairs; Carrol islet, 75; Wishaloolth, 

 1000; Quillayute Needles, 12; Alexander island, 4; Destruction island, 20;. 

 Willoughby Rock, 150; Split Rock, 300; Grenville Pillar, 60; Grenville Arch, 



