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repeatedly, and it invariably took the same line over the trees, 

 nor did it vary its time of departure more than five minutes. 

 At the head of Central Lake, August 18 to 23, loons were seen 

 and heard daily. 



Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin) 

 Marbled Murrelet 

 A few seen from the steamer on the west coast of the island 

 between Port Alberni and Nootka, July 22 and 23, and August 

 11 and 12. Common at the head of the Tahsis Canal during the 

 last week in July, and in the vicinity of Friendly Cove, August 3 

 to 11. 



Cepphus columba Pallas 

 Pigeon Guillemot 

 A single bird was seen in the harbor at Friendly Cove on 

 August 3. 



Larus Philadelphia (Ord) 

 Bonaparte Gull 

 Several seen August 22 at the head of Central Lake, evidently 

 migrating. They appeared late in the afternoon and remained 

 until dark, circling about and feeding on the surface of the water. 

 Large gulls were seen from the steamer at various points 

 between Alberni and Nootka Sound, and along the outer beach 

 at Friendly Cove, but they were all birds in various stages of the 

 immature plumage, and seen at too great a distance to permit of 

 their identification. 



Mergus americanus Cassin 

 American Merganser 



A female with a brood of downy young was seen in the swift 

 rushing stream by our camp at Beaver Creek, on the evening of 

 June 23. They gathered together on the river bank, evidently 

 preparing to spend the night ; in the morning they were gone. 



Several broods of half-grown young, attended by the parent 

 birds, were seen in the several streams at the head of the Tahsis 

 Canal, the end of July, and individuals were observed in the 

 lake at Friendly Cove, at various times from August 2 to 10. 



