Anacapa (cont'd) Melanitta perspicillata (300+) Surf Scoter At least 300 Surf Scoters were resting on the water on the north side of Middle Island. Melanitta deglandi (4) White-winged Scoter Four White-winged Scoters were with the 300+ Surf Scoters at Middle Island. Larus occidentalis (750) Western Gull About 400 Western Gulls were resting on the water on the north side of Middle Island with an additional 300 roosting on the slopes above the cliffs, also on the north side. No pair bonds appeared to be established on this island but two pairs were seen on high outcroppings above the cliffs on the south side of West Island. About 80 azygous birds were seen on this side. This species is the only abundant species on the island. Alcid sp. Eleven alcids, probably Xantus' Murrelets, were seen by Church flying up from the water on the passage between Anacapa and Santa Cruz. Landbirds Four White-throated Swifts (Aeronautes saxatalis), one Rock Wren carrying a large insect, and one passerine species were observed on West Island. Mammals Three Harbor Seals (Phocavitulina) were close inshore on the south side of West Island. Ship Survey of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel Islands. On 6 April we cruised from our anchorage on the southeast end of Santa Cruz along the entire southern side of the island past Santa Rosa Island, then through the channel between Santa Rosa and San Miguel to Prince Islet on the north side of San Miguel where we had expected to put ashore. The water was too rough,however, and we returned along the north coast of Santa Cruz, to the anchorage of the night before, a distance of about 40 miles. One area (near the Western Offshore Oil Company Floating Tower) was very rich in bird life and we retraced our track through it in order to verify identification of the several alcid species. On the south side of Santa Cruz, we observed the following: 3 loon sp., Sooty Shearwaters, 12 Brown Pelicans, 2 Brandt's Cormorants, 47