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Scoters fell little short of that in the Gulls. The Scoters 

 were mainly in large flocks and passed swiftly by near 

 shore, heading south after doubling Point Pinos. Only one 

 straggler was encountered, a bird upon the water. The 

 following were also observed: One band of sixteen Loons 

 and a half a dozen individuals (all on migration), a young 

 Murre at the kelp, a Herring Gull or Vega Gull (first occur- 

 rence), a few Black-vented Shearwaters (mostly south- 

 bound), one Dark-bodied Shearwater going south, a party 

 of twelve White-winged Scoters and another of forty — both 

 migrating. 



November 6. It was a bright day and the ocean was 

 comparatively still. The wind not rising until after eleven, 

 I remained out until noon collecting Pink-footed Shear- 

 waters. The first one seen was about two miles from shore. 

 The further the land was left behind the more plentiful they 

 became. Upwards of forty were counted, single birds and 

 couples hastening southward. The several dark Fulmars 

 observed and the dozen Dark-bodied Shearwaters were 

 likewise offshore birds; not so, however, the few Black- 

 vented Shearwaters, which scarcely ventured 'outside' a 

 mile. The event of the day was the capture, about six 

 miles west of Point Pinos, of a Buller's Shearwater. There 

 was less southward movement in Surf Scoters than on the 

 previous day, but apparently no diminution in Heermann's 

 Gulls. At sea, three miles out of the track of these 

 migrants, a flock of the latter fished for sardines with West- 

 ern Gulls. In their train was a little party of Bonaparte's 

 Gulls, old and young, and a mile away a smaller party. 

 This was the first appearance for the season, so far as 

 noted. Near the same spot a flock of one to two hundred 

 Red Phalaropes had collected in the kelp and other debris 

 floated from the shore by the currents. A few individuals 

 were scattered about elsewhere on the ocean. Loons were 

 not numerous and their flight was not wholly southward. 

 Rhinoceros and Cassin's Auklets did not abound. Of the 

 former, five solitary birds, a couple, and a trio were seen. 



