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30 TIlE CONDOR Vol. XVII able that not over two or three thousand made their homes on the island during the past season. In the afternoon especially they are wont to sit at the entrance of their burrows, and rowboat journeys and fairly accurate counth were made on several occasions. In most instances they form small colonies in the face of a cliff some distance from human habitation, and at all times appear to be at peace with their more numerous relatives. Their food, nesting and other habits are essentially the same as those of the Tufted Puffin. 3. Cerorhinca monocerata. Rhinoceros Auklet. For many decades it Fig. 13. ENTRANCE TO BURROW OF RHINOCEROS AUKLET AT BA?SE OF SPRUCE has been the custom of the Haidahs living on the southern half of Prince of Wales Island to abandon their homes in the springtime, and establish tempo- rary camps on ]])all Island. Here they fished, hunted or cruised in dugouts in search of sea otter until the Rhinoceros Auklet put in an appearance, usually in the latter part of April. By this sign they knew that on Forrester Island the nesting season was at hand not only for the auklet, but for the gulls and later the murres and cormorants., and accordingly they repaired to this sum- mer resort for their annual egg and bird collecting holiday. Generally speaking the Rhinoceros Auklet occupies burrows in the slop-