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unanimous in saying that the Farallones are unique. There is nothing to com- 
pare with them on the Pacific Coast and the eastern members of the party said the 
same for the Atlantic coast. The thing that impresses the ornithologist most on a 
first visit to these islands is the number of birds in evidence', the great shearwater 
breeding grounds of the southern islands, the vast auklet and petrel colonies of the 
same localities, do not impress the observer with the force that the colonies of 
murres and cormorants on the Farallones do, for they are not in sight. True that 
in places where the wedge-tailed shearwater {^Puffinus cuneatus) nest by thousands, 
the air is at times clouded with birds, yet these is no comparison between this and 
the Farallones, where the nesting colonies are open and the birds in .sight at all 
times. A trip to the Farallones is a liberal education. 
Following is a list of the birds observed in the Farallones: 
Phalacrocorax pe)iicillatus ( Brandt) Brandt Cormorant. 
Phalacrocorax pelagicns resplendens (Aud.) Baird Cormorant. 
PIGEON GUILLEMOT’S EGGS IN SITU 
Phalacrocorax dilophus albociliatus (Ridgw.) Farallone Cormorant. 
Oceanodroma honiochroa (Coues) Ashy Petrel. 
Lariis occidentalis (Aud.) Western Gull. 
Lunda cirrhata (Pall.) Tutted Puffin. 
Ptychoramphus aletdicus (Pall.) Cassin Auklet. 
Cepphus columba (Pall.) Pigeon Guillemot. 
Uria troile californica (Bryant) California Murre. 
Heteractitus incanus (Gmel.) Wandering Tattler. 
Aphriza virgata (Gmel.) Surf Bird. 
Arenaria melanocephala (Vig.) Black Turnstone. 
Hcematopus bachmani (Aud.) Black Oyster-catcher. 
Crymophilus ftilicarius (Linn.) Red Phalarope. 
Phalaropus lobatns (Linn.) Northern Phalarope. 
Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagl.) American Raven. 
Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Rock Wren. 
