^°1908^^] Dawson, Bird Colonies of the Olympiades. 155 



and salmon-berry; or, failing that, may support a heavy crop of 

 saw-grass centrally, and wire-grass upon the slopes. 



Because of their proximity, considered as a whole, to the Olympic 

 INIountains, and because they are in a sense a by-product of the 

 same orogenetic movement, I have proposed for these western 

 islands the name Olympiades (pronounced Olympiah'-deez). 

 The name will be all the more convenient now that they are arbi- 

 trarily divided into three administrative groups, the Copalis Rock 

 Reservation, the Quillayute Needles Reservation, and the Flattery 

 Rocks Reservation. 



In July, 1905, the writer, accompanied by wife and child, effected 

 a reconnaissance of these islands, using for the purpose the staunch 

 cedar canoe of the Northwest, manned by two Indian boatmen. 

 We launched at Point Grenville on July 7 and arrived at Neah 

 Bay on the 2oth of that month. As the trip was purely ornitho- 

 logical, practically all the rocks, save Copalis at one extreme and 

 Tatoosh at the other, were inspected, and landings were made upon 

 twelve of them which bore the largest bird colonies. In each case 

 the attempt was made to estimate the bird population as well as 

 to ascertain the horizon of species. The results obtained were 

 supplemented by an expedition in June, 1907, in which I had the 

 pleasure of being accompanied by Professor Lynds Jones. On 

 this latter occasion, starting from Neah Bay, we went as far south 

 as Destruction Island, using as before the Indian canoe, and re- 

 turned over the same course, June 4 to 24. 



Among the sea-birds we found the breeding population of Uie 

 Olympiades to comprise the following species : 



Tufted Puffin {Lunda cirrhata). 



Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) . 



Cassin Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleutims). 



Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columha). 



California Murre (Uria troile calif arnica). 



Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) . 



Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) . 



Kaeding Petrel (Oceanodroma kaediruji). 



White-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinalus). 



Brandt Cormorant {Phalacrocorax penicillatus). 



Baird Connorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens) . 



Black Oystercatcher (Hcematopus bachmani). 



