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were everywhere, flying in all directions away from the ap- 

 proaching steamer. Perhaps the most numerous were the 

 little Marbled Murrclets, reminding one of flying fish as they 

 started up from the water on rapidly beating wings and 

 skimmed the surface to drop upon the surface or dive when 

 out of harm's way. Pigeon Guillemots were also numerous. 

 A few California Murres, Tufted Puffins, Loons, Harlequin 

 Ducks, and Holboell's Grebes were seen on the water, and 

 flying about were Glaucus-winged and Western Gulls, Baird's 

 Cormorants, and Northwest Coast Herons. It was interesting 

 to watch the Northwest Crows feeding with and much in the 

 same manner as the Gulls. Of course they did not rest upon 

 the water nor snatch morsels of food from the water while 

 flying, but they perched upon the floating drift-wood and 

 gleaned from this and from the water, often standing beside 

 the Gulls, 



At Port Angeles the unloading of a mionument to some de- 

 parted Greatness consumed nearly half of the day and 

 enabled us to make a brief exploration of that immediate 

 region. Here were recorded Tree, Barn, Bank, Rough- 

 winged and Violet Green Swallows ; Yellow, Lutescent, and 

 Pileolated Warblers; Nuttall's, and Western Chipping Spar- 

 rows ; Shuf eldt's Junco, Western Warbling Vireo, Western 

 Flycatcher, Russet-backed Thrush, Western Martin, Rufous 

 Hummingbird, and California Purple Finch ; besides the water 

 birds mentioned above. If the study had been pursued in the 

 early morning instead of in the middle of the day there is 

 little doubt that a larger list of species would have been se- 

 cured. Most of the birds listed were in full song and some 

 were evidently nesting. 



All day long the scenery w'as obscured and often entirely 

 hidden in the dense smoke of the forest fires. Occasional 

 glimpses of the far snow-capped Olympics and the green 

 verdure-clad nearer foot-hills fanned- almost into flame again 

 the longing to conquer this vast wilderness and mount its 

 loftiest heights. Vancouver lay a dim haze along the northern 

 shore. 



