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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  At 
  DelarofF 
  Harbor, 
  the 
  nests 
  were 
  also 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  bare 
  

   rocks 
  and 
  pinnacles 
  of 
  scoriaceous 
  lava, 
  near 
  the 
  entrance. 
  The 
  irregularities 
  

   which 
  assist 
  in 
  supporting 
  the 
  nest 
  are 
  not 
  disposed 
  regularly, 
  as 
  at 
  Coal 
  Har- 
  

   bor, 
  and 
  therefore 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  nests 
  is 
  less 
  uniform. 
  The 
  slight 
  

   ledges 
  and 
  projections 
  being 
  so 
  small 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  invisible 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  the 
  

   nests 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  fastened 
  like 
  swallow's 
  nests, 
  to 
  the 
  perpendicular 
  faces 
  of 
  the 
  

   rocks, 
  and 
  present 
  a 
  remarkable 
  and 
  peculiar 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  macrura, 
  Naura. 
  (690.) 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  little 
  tern 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  in 
  some 
  localities, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  island 
  in 
  Popoff 
  Strait, 
  called 
  by 
  us 
  Range 
  Island. 
  

   Here 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs, 
  mostly 
  incubated, 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   June 
  and 
  July, 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  notice 
  it 
  in 
  Unalashka, 
  nor 
  were 
  we 
  fortunate 
  

   enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  interesting 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Prof, 
  Baird 
  from 
  Kadiak, 
  

   Sterna 
  aleutica. 
  

  

  Colymhus 
  torquatus, 
  Briinnich. 
  (698.) 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  seen 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  of 
  Siraeonoff 
  Island, 
  the 
  most 
  eastern 
  

   of 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  Sept. 
  2, 
  1872. 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  Cooperi, 
  Bd, 
  

  

  Eye 
  with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  iris. 
  Obtained 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Bendel, 
  at 
  

   Unalashka, 
  Dec. 
  14, 
  1871. 
  Not 
  common, 
  but 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  resident. 
  

  

  Mormon 
  cirrhata, 
  Bon. 
  (713.) 
  

  

  Seen 
  abundantly 
  in 
  Unalashka 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  rocks 
  and 
  cliffs 
  (where 
  it 
  breeds 
  

   in 
  inaccessible 
  situations), 
  but 
  never 
  in 
  the 
  harbor, 
  A 
  resident. 
  Not 
  seen 
  at 
  

   the 
  Shumagins, 
  

  

  Mormon 
  corniculaia, 
  Naum. 
  (713.) 
  

  

  Rare 
  at 
  Unalashka 
  ; 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  where 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  fill 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  mentioned 
  species. 
  A 
  resident. 
  It 
  breeds 
  in 
  holes 
  and 
  

   crevices 
  in 
  the 
  cliffs 
  of 
  Round 
  Island, 
  Coal 
  Harbor, 
  Unga 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  there, 
  and 
  the 
  parent 
  bird, 
  though 
  caught 
  on 
  them, 
  managed 
  to 
  escape 
  ; 
  

   though 
  well 
  identified. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  single, 
  one 
  in 
  each 
  nest, 
  of 
  a 
  mottled,- 
  

   rusty 
  color, 
  with 
  dark 
  spots, 
  though 
  we 
  had 
  previously 
  supposed 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  

   white. 
  

  

  Phaleris 
  [Thyleramphus) 
  cristatella, 
  Bon. 
  (719.) 
  

  

  Iris 
  white. 
  Abundant 
  in 
  very 
  large 
  flocks 
  outside 
  of 
  Captain's 
  Bay, 
  Una- 
  

   flashka, 
  but 
  very 
  rarely 
  found 
  inside 
  the 
  bay 
  except 
  during 
  severe 
  storms. 
  A 
  

   resident 
  here 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  

  

  Una 
  californica, 
  Bryant. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  at 
  Unalashka, 
  but 
  much 
  less 
  common. 
  Eye 
  black. 
  The 
  

  

  