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taining the larger young were trampled down. Two 

 typical, untrampled nests yielded the following measure- 

 ments, in inches : 



Outer diameter .22 19 



Inner diameter 10 10 



Depth 4 4 



Height S'A--- 7 



Not many fish were lying about the nests. There were 

 too many hungry mouths to be filled for a store to accu- 

 mulate as at Pt. Carmel rookery. 



It was evident that sanitary measures were not in vogue, 

 for the decaying bodies of several birds were suffered to 

 remain and add to the almost intolerable stench of the 

 excrement deposits. Quantities of feathers were scat- 

 tered about and there were myriads of flies. Some of 

 the flies accompanied us in the boat most of the way to 

 Pt. Pinos, much to our annoyance. 



On the 27th of July all the young observed during 

 previous visits were apparently still on the islet. There 

 were also a few eggs and a few young recently hatched. 

 When I drew near them, the older of the young birds 

 crowded to the edge of the islet and many of them tumbled 

 into the water, where they seemed to be as much at home 

 as their parents. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens. Baird's Cor- 

 morant. — Save a solitary one seen July 5th about a mile 

 south of Pt. Pinos, the only Baird's Cormorants observed 

 were those at the Pt. Carmel rookery. There were some 

 twenty pairs nesting in the crevices on the sheltered sides 

 of the rock facing the mainland. They were inclined to 

 keep apart from. the Brandt's Cormorants, most of them 

 retreating to a rocky point on the mainland instead of join- 

 ing the raft of Brandt's Cormorants on the water. They 



