all those men previously being fulcanistic. The wind shows no sign of abating and I fear we should have e. remain here all night Friday July 12. During the night the wind increased in violence and this morning was blowing almost a gale with indications of rain so we could not leave. Toward noon it commencedlock to rain and all the afternoon It rained andh blew a gale Tonight there is some indication of clearing and the wind has gone down considerably. I collected a few birds and made them up together with some shot last evening The stock of a GratuCamp Duck was filled with small shells some of which I saved in formalin. Saturday July 13. Wind still strong with much rain so we had to remain on the Island. Toward noon we paddled to a small patey island (on the lee side of the one on which we are encamp ie) on which were nesting about 100 pairs of Kerring and [illegible] California Enerd The latter outnumber- ning the former. I collected specimens of both species Most of the nests contained young. from chicks just hatched to the size of a teal. Many of the larger ones left the island and swam out on an arc approved but the greater number scrambled into crevices of beneath tufts of grass and excreted motion kis. The rock was nearly even- ly and about 60 yards across rough and□ can and and with tufts of grass Grown in its crevices. The old birds hovered over me and kept up a deafen-