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November 7. We had a fair wind both ways, the land 

 breeze carrying us out to sea in the morning and the sea 

 breeze bringing us back to land early in the afternoon. A 

 clear sky added to the pleasantness of the day. No less 

 than two hundred Pink-footed Shearwaters were seen, most 

 of them following sardines on the ocean about six miles west 

 of Point Pinos. The generative organs of the specimens 

 taken exhibited little if any functional enlargement. In the 

 same vicinity a Slender-billed Shearwater was secured. 

 There were several other small birds, but they were not 

 distinguished with certainty, and may have been the Dark- 

 bodied, of which there were at least a dozen. Black-vented 

 Shearwaters were very scarce, especially in the neighbor- 

 hood of the Pink-footed. When five miles from land we 

 came upon two bands of Bonaparte's Gulls. The lesser 

 numbered twenty-four and the greater over two hundred. 

 Migration in Heermann's Gulls was on a smaller scale than 

 on the 5th and 6th, and as usual was near the shore. A 

 raft of drift-kelp six miles out gave a footing to a group of 

 Western, California, and Heermann's Gulls. Red Phala- 

 ropes were quite generally distributed outside the buoy. A 

 Western Grebe, on the water near the Laboratory, was the 

 first example for the season. Other birds of particular 

 interest were four Loons going south, a Tufted Pufiin, also 

 southbound, two Rhinoceros Auklets, several Glaucous- 

 winged Gulls, and a Fulmar — all on the ocean between five 

 and six miles from land. 



November 10. Indoor work compelled me to forego a 

 trip on the ocean on the 9th. However, it rained and was 

 too windy for an extended voyage. The loth was fair and 

 a light land and sea breeze and smooth water invited an off- 

 shore cruise. Nearly the whole day was spent on the 

 ocean, much of the time fully eight miles northwest of 

 Point Pinos. The fine weather found no response in 

 migration. Loons were more abundant than of late, but 

 quite as many went north as south. More Rhinoceros 

 Auklets were seen than upon any former day. They were 

 on the water however — chiefly in couples. Cassin's Auklets 



