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The Wilson Bulletin — No. 65. 



After we had settled down for the night one Petrel whose nest 

 may have been beneath our bed perched upon my head and re- 

 fused to be shaken loose. Its only damage being the introduc- 

 tion of sundry sharp points into- my scalp for a securer hold, I 

 lay quiet until it was willing to depart peacefully, after which 

 two thickness of blanket formed an effectual shield to further 

 visitations. The din of noises which surrounded the island all 

 night long beggars description. 



Many nests of both K^eding's Petrel and Cassin's Auklet 

 were uncovered by overturning the sod as the burrows were 

 followed. While the burrows of the Auklet were usually a lit- 



A Dhuoyuatzachtal Kseding's Petrel at home. 

 tie further from the surface and a little longer, the plan was the 

 same. The mouth of the burrow extended almost vertically 

 dowiTJ six inches or more, until stones were encountered, then 

 the burrow turned and ran paralled to the surface of the sod. 



