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individuals being noted. In 1892, one was taken and an- 

 other seen on the first day of the month. 



6th. When I reached the beach in the morning small 

 flocks of Heermann's Gulls were passing down the coast 

 at brief intervals, and also Western Gulls in fewer num- 

 bers. No movement of this kind had been observed be- 

 fore at so early an hour in the day. It was high tide on 

 this day in the migration of Northern Phalaropes. There 

 were large flocks, small companies, and single birds. Most 

 of them were flying southward, following the shore-line, 

 sweeping inward at Monterey Bay and outward after 

 passing Pt. Pinos. Scarcely any were on the water, and 

 comparatively few went up the coast. Many passed 

 within a quarter of a mile of the shore, although there 

 was no " low fog." Several small companies of Cassin's 

 Auklets were found two or three miles out on the ocean. 

 They were apparently the vanguard in the migration of 

 this species in this vicinity, as but a single one had been 

 met with before. Many solitary California Murres and 

 little parties of half a dozen or less passed south. A 

 bird of the year, under the charge of an adult, was capt- 

 ured on the ocean several miles north of the buoy. It 

 was the first one I saw. As its wings were not sufliciently 

 grown to enable it to fly, it was probably hatched not far 

 north of Pt. Santa Cruz. Marbled Murrelets did not 

 appear in any numbers. All that were seen were adults, 

 flying southward in pairs. Two large straggling flocks 

 of Dark-bodied Shearwaters, going south, were seen two 

 or three miles north of the buoy. A Pink-footed Shear- 

 water was obtained from among them. It was the only 

 one noticed. 



7th. Five miles north of the buoy numerous companies 

 of Cassin's Auklets, varying in size from half a dozen to 

 a score of individuals, were scattered about on the water. 



