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 SEPT., I9031 THE CONDOR 7 unanimous in saying that the Farallones are unique. There is nothing to com- pare with them on the Pacific Coast and the eastern members of the party said the same for the Atlantic coast. The thing that impresses the ornithologist most on a first visit to these islands is the number of birds in evidence; the great shearwater breeding grounds of the southern islands, the vast auklet and petrel colonies of the same localities, do not impress the observer with the force that the colonies of tourres and cormorants on the Farallones do, for they are not in sight. True that in places where the wedge-tailed shearwater (Punus cuneatus) nest by thousands, the air is at times clouded with birds, yet these is no comparison between this and the Farallones, where the nesting colonies are open and the birds in sight at all times. A trip to the Farallones is a liberal education. Following is a list of the birds observed in the Farallones: Phalacrocoraxpenicillalus (Brandt) Brantit Cormorant. Phalacrocoraxpelagicus resplendens (Aud.) Baird Cormorant. PIGEON GUIIkLE:MOT'S EGGS IN SITU halacrocorax diloph.s a13ociliat.s (Ridgw.) Farallone Cormorant. Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues) Ashy Petrel. Larus occidentalis (Aud.) Western Gull. Lunda cirrhata (Pall.) Tutted Puffin. ]tychoramphus aleulicus (Pall.) Cassin Auklet. Cepphus columba (Pall.) Pigeon Guillemot. Uria troile californica (Bryant) California Murre. Heteractitus incanus (Gruel.) Wandering Tattler. Aphriza virgata (Gmel.) Surf Bird. Arenaria melanocephala (Vig.) Black Tumstone. Hcemalopus bachmani (Aud.) Black Oyster-catcher. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.) Red Phalarope. ?halaropus lobalus (Linn.) Northern Phalarope. Corvus corax sinualus (Wagl.) American Raven. Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Rock Wren.