1917 BIRDS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS 11 
SANTA BARBARA ISLAND 
Santa Barbara Island lies twenty-one miles in a general westerly direction 
from Catalina. It is one and a half miles long, with a maximum width of one 
mile, the highest point being 547 feet. The shores are bold and precipitous, with 
but one regular landing place, even that being impossible to negotiate in very 
rough weather. A rocky islet 257 feet high is situated a third of a mile southwest- 
ward, and a smaller one with a height of 125 feet les two hundred yards to the 
westward. Except for two hills, the top is a smooth mesa with a heavy growth 
of grass and weeds. In certain parts there are scrubby bushes and patches of 
cactus, with an abundance of iceplant. There is no water, and no one lives upon 
the island. House cats have become established there. 
ANACAPA ISLAND 
This is the easternmost one of the northern group, and consists of three 
islets separated by narrow passages, the eastward channel being navigable for 
small boats at high tide only. The eastern point lies ten and three quarter miles 
from the nearest mainland. The islands extend four and a half miles in a gen- 
eral east and west direction. The eastern extremity of the group is a large arched 
rock, but the true eastern island is a mile long, a quarter of a mile wide, and 260 
feet high. It is the lowest of the group and is rather level on top. The middle 
one is nearly one and three quarters miles long, three quarters of a mile wide, 
and 320 feet high. The western and largest island is two miles long, three quar- 
ters of a mile wide, and rises to a peak 980 feet high. The shores are perpendic- 
war and filled with numerous caves. This is a most beautiful island, especially 
in the spring, when it is covered with verdure and wild flowers. 
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 
Santa Cruz Island is the most beautiful and the largest island of all, being 
twenty-one miles long, in an east and west direction, with an average width of 
five miles, and a peak 2407 feet high. The eastern part is very irregular, barren 
and almost destitute of water. The western part, however, is, in certain loeali- 
ties, especially near Prisoners Harbor, plentifully besprinkled with forests of 
the Santa Cruz pine, which, in the higher parts, gives a distinctly boreal impres- 
sion. At the lower edge of the pines are oaks and considerable grass land. The 
larger canyons are well wooded with a variety of deciduous trees, some of. them 
quite large, and there is good water in many of them. Low cliffs skirt the shore. 
About three quarters of a mile southward from the southern end, is Gull Islet, 
150 feet high, it being the largest and outermost of a group of small rocky islets 
a quarter of a mile in extent. There are two ranches upon the island, and a 
small hotel which is visited more or less regularly by an excursion boat from the 
city of Santa Barbara. Good camping spots ean be found almost anywhere. 
There are many sheep on the island, a few pigs and house eats run wild, and 
there are some foxes, though the latter are not as plentiful as formerly. 
