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as many Petrels as Anklets skulking under logs and planks. In point of abund- 
ance they are easily third, possibly second on the island. 
It is evident that these Petrels have a lengthy season of courtship during 
which they spend their nights ashore, chiefly in their l)urrows, and return to the 
sea daytimes. This is followed by a “honeyinoon” period of some duration, pre- 
sumably a week or more, in which both birds remain ashore all the time. As 
soon as the egg is laid incubation begins, and the other bird retires to sea to forage. 
Precisely what the division of labor is from this point on as between male and 
female remains to be determined, but it is certain tliat the male is often found alone 
upon the egg. 
The former name, “Ashy” Petrel, is very misleading. Its use suggests a type 
of coloration similar to that of the F'ork-tailed {(). furcaf a) , whereas the general 
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WESTERN GHEES ROBBING MURRE EEDGK 
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cast of color is only a little less sooty than that of kacdin.ii'i or Iciirorhoa . It does 
incline to “plumbeous” , but is much nearer black than “ashy”. Several friends 
appealed to, agree with me that it is time for a correction, and the name of the 
original describer. Cones, is respectfully recommended. 
10. Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus. Farallon Cormorant. The colony 
on Maintop, the only one remaining in the Farallones, is now reduced to about 
thirt 3 ’-five pairs, and of this number onh- fifteen were succeeding in raising families 
this year. The story of the steady pensecution to which the confiding members of 
this historic colony have been subjected would not make a prettv one in print. 
The human pre.ssure has been removed ( nearhy not altogether) latterlv; but the 
gulls are crowding it to certain extinction. The Shags are standing bv their guns, 
and their bravery makes one long to do something on their liehalf. By cautious 
