Nov., 1913 
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some other contrivance, but the passing of men, horses and carriages in and out 
of the room was too much for the nerves of the builder and it was abandoned 
when about two-thirds finished. 
TlfK BIRDS OF SAN MARTIN ISLAND, LOWER CALIFORNIA 
By HOWARD W. WRIGHT 
WITH SIX PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR 
O N THE EVENING of July 5, 1913, the sloop “Siwash", with Messrs. J. 
R. Maclintock, W. S. Wright, E. W. Roche, F. E. McClure and the 
writer aboard, slipped cpuetly into a little bay, known as Hassler’s Cove, 
located in the island of San Martin, Lower California. This island is situated 
about two hundred and forty miles south of San Diego, lies about four miles 
off-shore, and is ten or twelve miles to the northwest of San Quentin Bay. It 
is the result of a volcano that has shoved its peak above the sea, forming a round 
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Fig. 60. Portion ok Faraeeon Cormorant Rookery on 
vSan Martin Iseand, Lower Caeifornia 
island about a mile and a half in diameter, with a small bay situated on the 
northeast side. There is a well-formed cone in the center, which rises to a height 
of about five hundred feet. 
On the night of our arrival we were greeted with a strong stench of guano, 
which gave promise of large bird colonies ; for the other islands we had visited 
did not smell badly until we were actually among the birds. We anchored too 
close to shore and as a consequence were awakened about three-thirty .a. m. by 
the keel scraping on the ground. We were well repaid for the trouble of arising 
at this hour, however, for we heard the swish of many wings long before dav- 
light, and with the first streaks of dawn we beheld a sight that will long be re- 
membered. From the hills there poured a steady stream of cormorants, flying 
