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There were about three hundred and fifty nests counted, all of which contained 
from one to five eggs, many of them on the verge of hatching. 
Early on the morning of the fourth we hove anchor and set sail for Anacapa 
Island. On rounding the northeastern point of Santa Barbara Island, five Tuft- 
ed Pufifins were flushed from the water. They were quite wild and we could not 
get within gun-shot of them. They probably were breeding on the little island on 
the northern side, where we found several likely looking burrows the day before, 
but could not gain entrance to them. 
We anchored at Anacapa on the afternoon of the fourth and spent the time 
until dark trying to rid our clothes of the moisture which they had absorbed on 
the latter part of the trip. 
Next morning, the three younger members of the party rowed along the 
coast to look over the country and its bird population. Within a few minutes 
Fig. 24. Typic.\i, N^ests and Nesting Site of Brandt 
Cormorant; Prince Island, near ,San Miguel 
Island, July 12, 1912 
three Black Oystercatchers had been laid low and these proved to be the only 
ones seen on this island. At the east end we saw great numbers of Tufted Puf- 
fins, cormorants, gulls and pelicans; so we found an accessible place to climb 
the clififs and were soon at the top. A long and diligent search revealed a few 
puffin burrows occupied by young ; but the egg season seemed [last. One bur- 
row produced a dead Xantus Murrelet and a rather ancient egg. 
Baird Cormorants nested in inaccessible places and they a])parently had 
young, though we did not actually get to see them. The pelicans, though pres- 
ent in great numbers, were not breeding. There were a considerable number of 
nests, all empty with the exception of a single fresh egg found in one of them. 
On a high cliff near the east end, the fresh remains of a Socorro or Black 
Petrel were found. The bird had been eaten by some bird of prey or possibly a 
rat, and the feathers were scattered about considerably. No nest was located. 
