8 Kossk, The Rufous Hummingbird. = 
the slightest glimpse of the bird — never perceived the slightest 
quiver of the surrounding grass to mark her movements as she 
glided away, and yet I found the eggs warm every time, indicat- 
ing that she had just left them.” 
Plate I accompanying this article, from an excellent drawing 
by Mr. Fuertes, is a very life-like representation of this rarely 
seen species. The only previous figures of this species appear 
to be those published by Edwards in 1760, and by Audubon, in 
1838. 
THE RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS OF CAPE DISAP 
POINTMENT. 
BY WILLIAM ‘H. KOBBE. 
Cape DISAPPOINTMENT, formerly called Cape Hancock, forms 
the extreme southwestern point of Washington State, and is 
therefore at the mouth of the Columbia River, which enters the 
Pacific Ocean near the 46th degree of north latitude. Roughly 
speaking, this cape is in the form of a crescent and extends 
about one mile into the ocean, thus enclosing a small bay on the 
side towards the river. The opposite side receives the full force 
of the Pacific and is cut by the action of the mighty waves into 
numerous beaches and rocky headlands. In fact, the entire 
aspect of the cape is very hilly. At one time, I imagine, these 
hills formed the backbone of the cape, but they are now washed 
into cliffs on the ocean side and into precipitous slopes on the 
other. In one place the ocean seems to have broken through 
and connected with the bay during former centuries, thus form- 
ing a low tract or valley in the center of which a small lake has 
formed. 
The climate of this region is rather unique. The warm oce- 
anic current from Japan, flowing south along the coast, causes a 
very mild climate, and heavy and incessant rains. These rains 
are caused by the moisture-bearing winds moving inland from 
the ocean and being chilled against the Cascade Mountains. 
