The California Gall 
they say, during the past month, had engulfed them. Nesting material 
being more difficult to procure in this section, most linings were of the 
scantiest, and few were seen which excited our cupidity. 
As in the other colony, the season was near the hatching point, and 
perhaps one-third of the eggs were pipped. 
The census conducted on the afternoon of the 3rd showed a total of 
499 occupied nests, of which 10 with young (one or more), 64 singles, 290 
twos, 134 threes, and one four. Again, the number of nests which con¬ 
tained two eggs exceeded all others put together, and outnumbered the 
threes, two to one. A few more nests, ten or a dozen, were noted on the 
Taken on Paoha[l si and Photo by the Author 
MATING TIME 
following day in an outlying colony. To this total of over 500 pairs should 
probably be added 100 for those overlooked, hatched out, or destroyed, 
a total for the colony of 600 pairs, and for the island of 850. 
On the occasion of a second visit to the Black Rock colony, we heard 
gull voices from Negit, half or three quarters of a mile distant. Accord¬ 
ingly, we importuned Mr. McPherson for passage, and were allowed 
three riotous hours upon the island on the following day (June 5th). We 
found here on the east point of Negit Island the most populous colony of 
all. Because our visit took place at high noon, and because fully half the 
eggs were either hatched out or were in the act of hatching, we made a 
very hasty survey and neither attempted to cover the whole ground nor 
1408 
