E.C. Allen 1937 And when caught in the waves it is obvious that they don't know how to escape them by diving, but are rolled over and over and beached immediately. I wonder if this holds true on their breeding ground. It probably doos as I expect when the Murrees fly to their nests they take off beyond the breaker line. Taking into consideration the normal water displacement of the different species it is possible to compute or sight about how much a bird is oil'd by how low it is sitting in the water when yet alive. Many Sectors were seen to be barely floating with just their necks & the tips of their tails protruding above the surface of the water. Some birds on the Balinas spit were found dead in the tops of the gross-coured sand dunes where they sought seclusion. This niche on the Spit probably supplied and replaced the niche sought for