HORNED BUFFIN Aug 24 Cape Thompson, Alaska Perhaps a thousand or more of these birds all told resided on the cliffs alongside of the Pallas Murres. They gave a comical appearance as they extremely sat in the rock ledges and gazed about with twistings and turn- ings of their massively beaked heads. In taking off from their perch on the rocky ledges, they gave a deep downward plunge before catching themselves on out-stretched wings. Sept. 1 St. Matthew's, Bering Sea. Quite a number rested in the cliffs of Glory of Russia Cape, along with the Palmars. At the time I was there afternoon, they seemed to prefer the nesting ledges to the water. Sept. 6 Unalaska, Unalaska Is, Aleutians Saw 40-50 in Captains' Harbor today - the flocks were small - numbering a dozen birds or so.