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Wright and Snyder, Condor, xv, 1913, p. 87. (12) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, 



p. 17. 

 Lluncla]. cirrata (J3) Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., 1903, p. 1066. 

 Tufted Puffin (I'l) Willett, Condor, xii, 1910, p. 170. 



Coininon resident al)out the nortliern islands, occurring farther south in win- 

 ter. C. B. Linton and G. Willett {10) each saw a bird near San Nicolas in May, 

 1910, and on June 23, 1911. The latter date would indicate that the birds possi- 

 bly breed in the vicinity, but I think this is doubtful. I saw them near an inac- 

 cessible cliff on Catalina in April, 1911, but I hardly think it likely that they 

 nest there, as they had not before been reported from this, probably the most 

 often visited island of the group, during the breeding season. 



Eggs have not been taken on Santa Barbara Island, to my knowledge, but in 

 April I have found burrows there that undoubtedly belonged to this species. H. 

 Wright (Jl) records what were probably the same burrows, July 4, 1912, and 

 the fact that he saw five birds in the vicinity. On Anacapa the same writer 

 found the birds to be quite numerous near the east end, but very few nests were 

 accessible. Those examined held either young or egg shells, July 5. At the same 

 place D. R. Dickey (MS), in 1913, noted a number of pairs going to and from 

 the cliffs, but examined no nests. 



A. van Rossem and I found the birds to be fairly common at Santa Cruz 

 Island during April, 1911, and the fishermen told us that they breed regularly 

 near the north end of the island. Although several writers give this bird as a 

 common resident there, definite breeding records from the locality seem to be 

 lacking, as also from Santa Rosa. 



At San ]\Iiguel a large colony makes its home on Prince Islet. J. S. Apple - 

 ton and H. C. Burt (10) took fresh eggs there June 6, 1906, while H. Wright 

 (11) found young from a few days to several weeks old, July 10, 1912. 



9. Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas) 



Rhinoceros Auklet 



Cerorhyncfia monocerata (1) Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Am., ii, 1884, 

 p. 522. (2) Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi, 1898, p. 611. 



Cerorhinca monocerata (3) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., ii, 1898, p. 6. (J) Bailey, 

 Handb. Birds West. U. S., 2d ed., 1904, p. 13. (5) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 125. 

 (6-) Linton, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 193. (7) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 10. 



Rhinoceros Auklet (S) Grinnell, Bull. Cooper Orn. Club, 1, 1899, p. 18. 



Common in winter near all the islands. In June, 1913, on one of the Coro- 

 nados, I found the dessicated remains of a Rhinoceros Auklet which apparently 

 had been partly eaten by a Duck Hawk the winter before. C. B. Linton (6) 

 took two specimens at San Clemente during the winter of 1908, and J. Grinnell 

 (3, 8) reported the species as especially abundant at Catalina during December, 

 1897, he having secured ten specimens on the 29th. He states that they were par- 

 ticularly wary, swimming under water for three hundred yards or more when 

 pursued. 



Dr. Heermann (1) thought that they burrowed on Santa Barbara Island, 



