132 The Wilson Bulletin— No. 61. 



all about made preparations for the night irksome in* the ex- 

 treme. 



Early morning revealed a wholly unexpected condition of 

 the bay which we had entered. Instead of a level surface of 

 glassy water we looked out upon a boulder strewn area acres 

 in extent with only shallow pools of water here and there. 

 Seaweed clung to the larger rocks or grew in masses on the 

 sand, and crabs scurried to cover beneath rocks or within the 

 masses of seaweed. Crows were reaping a rich harvest of the 

 sea animals which were foolish enough to remain exposed. 

 Clearly it would be some hours before the completely ebbed 

 tide would flow again enough to float the heavily loaded canoe 

 over the rock summits. The delay was vexatious for some 

 reasons but not altogether unwelcome since it afforded time 

 to become familiar with the land birds of the region. 



The Sandy Point list is small but fairly represents the 

 common birds of a narrow belt fringing this coast. Rusty 

 Song, Sooty Fox, and Nuttall's Sparrows were in full song 

 and evidently nesting; Lutescent and Golden Pileolated 

 Warblers were seen and heard many times ; Western Winter 

 Wren, Northwest Flicker, Rufous Hummingbird, Oregon 

 Towhee. Russet-backed Thrush, California Purple Finch, and 

 the Northwest Coast Heron constituted the list of land birds, 

 adding the Crow before mentioned. The usual water birds 

 w'ere flying about. 



At this camp the Crows were so fearless that it became 

 necessary to watch our stock of provisions. No sooner was 

 the waste food thrown out than there was a scramble of the 

 Crows for it. Their numbers seemled to be unlimited. The 

 ordinary call sounded like a cross between the call of our 

 familiar eastern Crow and that of the Fish Crow of the At- 

 lantic coast region. In habits these Crows more closely 

 resemble the Fish Crow. 



The water which Harry Hobucket, the younger Indian, 

 brought to camp for cooking purposes deserves passing men- 

 tion. In color it closely resembled strong coffee, but in flavor 

 it was somewhere between a lumber yard and a slaughter 



