295 1876. (April 12.) on the top of my head and cutting an ugly gash two inches long but luckily not injuring the skull. The muscle of my jaw probably broke the force of the fall as it was completely jammed up and rendered asleep for the present until repaired, though the evening this wound broke out bleeding several times & I was much weakened by loss of blood. When Mr. Thomas sought him he found me lying where I had struck on a narrow ledge barely three feet wider; the next descent was at least 20 ft. sheer. Thursday Apr. 13 Clear with wind S. veering to E. at sundown. Kept the Osta nearly all day getting out to the lighthouse once or twice, but was too feeble to walk much. Sea-fowl flew all day long in clouds and the water around the point was literally alive with beds of coots, old squaws etc. Nearly all the coots were D. Am. & U. just predate in the ratio of about one of the latter to five of the former. Only a few Redwing W. finda seen dead. Sheldrake apparently all M. Ferrator were likewise flying. They come by in flocks of each one twenty and string out more than the other fowl & also keep higher above the surface of the ocean. Saw aerial immense flocks of brant (B. breata) and Shags (C. dilophus). The latter resemble the former almost exactly while on wing but fly different. Storm spent most of the day diving field.