CALIFORNIA WATER BIRDS. 187 



July loth and nth but little migration seemingly took 

 place. The nth nevertheless was a notable day, for the 

 Northern Phalarope made its appearance, affording ad- 

 ditional evidence that the movements witnessed all along 

 were truly migratory movements. At first two were seen 

 coming from the northward, about a mile off shore and 

 a mile south of Pt. Finos. Then two were found on 

 the water a little further up the coast. When forced to 

 take wing, they continued their flight southward. Nearly 

 opposite Pt. Pinos, still a mile off shore, another appeared 

 from the northward and alighted on the water. Within 

 the bay, fully a mile out from land, a sixth was seen. It 

 also came from up the coast. The only specimen taken 

 was a female, and it had evidentl}^ bred the present year. 



On the 1 2th, a visit to Seal Rocks disclosed that large 

 numbers of Western and Heermann's Gulls were con- 

 gregated there. That a considerable influx of these Gulls 

 had taken place had been manifest for several days at the 

 kelp along the south shore of the bay. A female Fulmar, 

 apparently Rodgers's, was shot on the water near the ex- 

 tremity of Pt^ Pinos at midday. It must have arrived 

 while I was at Seal Rocks, for I passed over the spot 

 during the morning. The sea was like glass, so it could 

 hardly have been overlooked. Its ovaries were not those 

 of a bird that had lately bred, and its plumage was greatly 

 abraded. Two more Black Turnstones were secured at 

 Seal Rocks. They were both males, and showed no en- 

 largement of the sexual organs. 



The 13th was another day of no very obvious migra- 

 tory movements. 



The second week of July marked a decided increase 

 in the number of California Brown Pelicans seen. Most 

 were young of the year. Each forenoon they came into 

 Monterey Bay from the direction of Pt. Cypress. It was 



