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 48 THE CONDOR VOL. X and Silversides (the outermost member of the north line of the Point-of-the-Arches group). The largest colony, numbering several thousand, appears on Wishaloolth (unfortunately listed in the Executive order as "Bald Island". The name is un- pardonable because of its banality. Please do not repeat it), which is a mountain range n miniature and one of the most weirdly picturesque of the Olympiades. A modest estimate of the total number of this species among the Olympiades is 10,000. Like the Westerns the Glaucous-wings have suffered much from Indian depre- dations. The Siwash has been reared on gull omelette or gull fricassee or both at once, and the deprivation will undoubtedly work some hardship. The Quileutes and Ozettes are, however, for the most part, peaceful, law-abiding folk, and I have found them highly trustworthy. Phalacroc0rax dilophus cincinnatus. White-crested Cormorant. Something like a dozen colonies were found, confined of necessity in each case to the sharp ridges or to the barren acropolis itself. North Rock affords a typical instance. ,VISHALOOLTH' SITE OF THE LARGEST GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL COLONY; UILLAYUTE NEEDLES RESERVATION Photo by W. Leon Dawson Here on the very summit occurs the largest colony of the coast, numbering near a hundred pairs. The Shags have suffered not a little from the native egg hunters, but they have suffered more from Ravens. Curiously enough, I know of no instance in which their eggs or young have been molested by Glaucous-winged Gulls. P. penicillatus. Brandt Cormorant. Four colonies were found, one of some fifty birds on the summit of Grenville Arch; one of fifty on Ghost Rock (not "Cohort" Rock--zide "Pacific Monthly", April 1907, p. 381); one of fifty-eight on the crest of Jagged Islet, since deserted; and one of about the same number as the last on "the pinnacle" (Paahwoke-it) west of Carroll. P. pelagicus resplendens. Baird's Cormorant. The Baird Cormorant is the ubiquitous bird of the Olympiades. Not a sea-wall but has some niche or pedestal or boss, where this intrepid shag may "lay her young"--intrepid, that is, where only the sea is concerned but timorous past all reason before mankind. She