. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . u t name isa Ouillayu-t a n CO m-])onntl mean-i n g R o c k-w here - w has beenfrom timeimmemoriala breedingplace ofthese tinyTube-noses. On July Taken on E,,, 1906, YV THI-: I-:XD OF THE BURROW. three of us in company with two expert Indian surfmen. set otT in a canoe fromLa Push to visit this rock a mile offshore. The sea was fairly quiet andthe sky perfect, but the swells crashed and roared about the base of therocks, and land
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . u t name isa Ouillayu-t a n CO m-])onntl mean-i n g R o c k-w here - w has beenfrom timeimmemoriala breedingplace ofthese tinyTube-noses. On July Taken on E,,, 1906, YV THI-: I-:XD OF THE BURROW. three of us in company with two expert Indian surfmen. set otT in a canoe fromLa Push to visit this rock a mile offshore. The sea was fairly quiet andthe sky perfect, but the swells crashed and roared about the base of therocks, and landing with cameras was a difficult operation. Once ashore,we were obliged to scuttle between waves to a point where alone it waspossible to scale the rock. The islet is about a hundred feet high, precipitous upon three sides, but. Fliolo by the Author. 874 illH KAEDING PETREL. sliipiiig and dim liable upnii llic snulli. Ilu- tup has an area of snmclliing uvcran acre, and is nniipic for llie ahnndance and uni forniiiy nf a rank grass wliiclioccupies the greater portion centrally. The grass has a stoutly-]:)rojeclingmidrib so that it stands up at a height of two and a lialf feet, its roots beingiml)eddcd in a coxeringof its own waste to a de|)tli of six or eight inches all about this central bed is a border of close-set wiry turf, wdiile anarrow stretch of the dwarf salmon-berr\- bushes, peculiar to this coast,occupies the extreme crest of the slope upon the north. Iiuniediatelv upon arri\al our attention was called to tin\- openings in thegrass, the orilkx> of subterranean burrows. Sometimes the entrance wasclear-cut ami open, with a little runway Ijeneath pa\ed (more b_\- accident anduse perhaps than b}^ (le>ign ) with little pebbles: but as often the nmuth of theburrow was hidden Ijy a tang
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