THE OREGON NATURALIST. 
The next day was May 30th and we went 
over to another island for the purpose of gather- 
ing Gulls’ eggs, but the people had been 
gathering them, so fast to eat, that the gulls 
had all left the island, thus we lost this day. 
May 31st we again visited the rookery and 
gathered Fla., Comorants’ eggs mostly, but 
also secured fifty or seventy five Brown Pe ican 
eggs, these, together with the Comorint eggs 
occupied our time for the rest of the day. 
The eggs were mostly in sets of thiee, al- 
though sets of two are common, and sets of 
one were not of rare occurance, the sets of one 
(completed sets) were more advanced in incu- 
bation than the other sets. We never took a 
set of four. 
The eggs are of a chalky white, when clean, 
but were blotched with blood and _ generally 
covered with stains of the green leaves in 
the nest. 
One peculiarity about this bird is that it 
will sit upon an empty nest and refuse to leive 
And 
will sit on the nest from the time it is strong 
it until very closely approached. also 
enough to hold it until the eggs are hitched. 
I am not able to sav whether it is the male 
OF all 
the Pelicans seen, I never observed one with 
or female that remains upon the nest. 
building material in Its beak, or carrying any. 
When the Pelicans were first disturbed hy 
our arrival, they flew off of the trees and circled 
around and around the island, finally alighting 
in the water where they seemed to be content- 
ed. 
Early every morning the Pelicans could be 
seen leaving the rookery in flocks of twenty 
five, fifteen, ten, five etc.. and would return at 
And 
they often go thirty and forty miles to feed. 
night in droves of fifty to, two hundred. 
Their method of catching fish is somewhat 
like that of the Gannet. 
above the water until they come near a school 
They sail along 
of Mullet, (Mullet being their chief food) when 
they will suddenly turn and retrace their former 
path, until they catch sight of the fish again. 
Then folding their wings as does the Osprey, 
they plunge headlong into the water. 
I was not close enough tosee whether they 
OBSIDIAN SPEAR POINT. 
ate the fish or carried it off. They often re- 
main some time on the water where they make 
their plunge. 
This 1ookery has been occupied year after 
year for years, and it is not supposed they rear 
two brocds a season. They are known to lay 
in December, January and February on an 
island in the Indian River, and Mr. Oliver 
Davie, tells us that their breeding season is 
March end Apnil, and we gathered over 175 
nearly all fresh eggs during the latter part of 
May and foand many nests being built. 
The eggs have a somewhat fishy odor and if 
confined in a clos2 place the stench from them 
will be sickening. 
Gro, GRAHAM, 
Gainsville, Fla. 
PRE-HISTORIC MAN IN ARIZONA. 
IMPLEMENTS FOUND IN MOUNTAIN 
VILLAGES. 
Probably the 
most interesting 
and valuable rel- 
ics found in or 
about the moun- 
tain villages, are 
spear and arrow 
points, knives, 
hatchets ans other 
implements — of 
war or the chase. 
These excel in 
workmanship 
any similar relics 
which I have 
ever seen. ‘The 
hatchets, are 
made of a pecul- 
iar bluish stone, 
very hard and 
capable of taking 
a fine polish. 
They are usually 
small and com- 
paratively narrow 
and finished with 
great care 
The cutting 
edge is much 
