Jones — On Washington Birds. 



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bodied upon the rocks, or standing erect upon a sharp pinnacle 

 at attention when any disturbance threatened. When forced 

 to fly they merely launched out into the air and quivered or 

 sailed down to the sea, plumpino- clumsily into the water with 

 a great splash. 



Two nests of the Glaucus-winged Gull were found, one hav- 

 ing evidently been destro}ed by crows or ravens which regu- 

 larly came out from the mainland. Numerous Gulls found 



Fig. 2. 



Desti'uction Island reefs : the iiiainlaiul iu the distance. 



perches upon the outlying rocks, but apparently few of them 

 were breeding birds. An occasional Western Gull was seen 

 amlonig the rest. 



The other resident birds of Destruction Island, which we 

 found, were as follows : Rufous Humjner (S'clasphorns ru- 

 fiis), Rusty Soiig Sparrow (Mclospiaa cincrca morphna), 

 Sooty Fox Sparrow (Passer ell a iliaca fiiliginosa) , Barn Swal- 

 low (Hi'niudo crythrogastra), Lutescent Warbler {Helmin- 



