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able that not over two or three thousand made their homes on the island during 
the past, season. In the afternoon especially they are wont to sit at the entrance 
of their burrows, and rowboat journeys and fairly accurate counts were made 
on several occasions. In most instances they form small colonies in the face 
of a cliff some distance from human habitation, and at all times appear to be 
at peace with their more numerous relatives. 
Their food, nesting and other habits are essentially the same as those of 
the Tufted Puffin. 
3. Cerorhinca monocerata. Rhinoceros Anklet. For many decades it 
Fig. 13. Extrance to burrow of Rhinoceros 
Auklet at base of spruce 
has been the custom of the Haidahs living on the southern half of Prince of 
Wales Island to abandon their homes in the springtime, and establish tempo- 
rary camps on Dali Island. Here they fished, hunted or cruised in dugouts 
in search of sea otter until the Rhinoceros Auklet put in an appearance, usually 
in the latter part, of April. By this sign they knew that on Forrester Island 
the nesting season was at hand not only for the auklet, but for the gulls and 
later the murres and cormorants, and accordingly they repaired to this sum- 
mer resort for their annual egg and bird collecting holiday. 
Generally speaking the Rhinoceros Auklet occupies burrows in the slop- 
