Tinfted Puffins were quite common Only about 1/3 of the gulls present were resting and most of the sets were com- plete. No young gulls were seen. Sets of 2 were about as common as sets of three. There were 2 colonies of Pelagic cormorants; one of breeding birds and the other consisted of non-breeders. There were at least 100 cormorants breeding on the island and about 150 or 200 were roosting there. Only breeding birds were seen during the day but about 7 o'clock the other black non-breeders began to arrive in bundles from 4 to 7. They left about 4 o'clock in the morning. The nests were stuck onto the sloping marble just before it dropped into salt water and were from 15 to 25 feet above the high tide mark. Most of the nests were not finished but 4 contained 1 egg. The white patches on the flanks and the double crest was very noticeable in the breeding