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which was as smooth as glass until ten o'clock. But a 

 single Dark-bodied Shearwater was met with, and it was 

 going south. In the afternoon a vast assemblage of Cor- 

 morants, Gulls, and Black-vented Shearwaters was fishing 

 near the Laboratory. The Shearwaters did not fall short 

 of a thousand. The following were resting upon the water: 

 A company of three Tufted Puffins, a Rhinoceros Auklet, 

 one Pigeon Guillemot, and eight Cassin's Auklets, includ- 

 ing two groups of three and four, five miles at sea. It 

 began to rain at noon, continuing into the night. 



October 27. A southerly gale made it too stormy for the 

 boat, and in the latter part of the afternoon I walked down 

 to the shore opposite Seal Rocks. These islets were crowded 

 with Brandt's Cormorants. As long as I was in the vicinity 

 recruits were continually arriving from the direction of 

 Monterey Bay. A few Pelicans and some Gulls found a 

 roosting place among the Cormorants. The beaches in the 

 neighborhood were cleared of Shore Birds, two Black- 

 bellied Plovers being the only ones noticed. 



October 28. The storm of the previous day was followed 

 by a cloudless sunrise. The sea breeze came from the 

 northward and gained in force as the forenoon wore on, 

 finally becoming quite a strong wind. A flock of over fifty 

 Red Phalaropes was discovered feeding in a ' current-rip ' 

 at the mouth of the bay. Sixteen were shot. Several of 

 them appeared to be adults. Individuals and twos and 

 threes were sparingly distributed on the bay nearly to Mon- 

 terey. The few Loons seen came from the south, and the 

 only Ducks were two White-winged Scoters heading down 

 the coast. Pigeon Guillemots had advanced in the scale of 

 abundance, the morning's cruise developing half a dozen 

 adults. Black-vented Shearwaters were numerous over the 

 bay, particularly out toward the ocean. They did not pur- 

 sue any definite course — all seemingly on the lookout for 

 fish. 



October 2g. The last vestige of the storm had disap- 

 peared. At noon the ocean was like a mill-pond. A little 

 later a light westerly breeze sprang up and the sky became 



