But the eggers say that when it leaves the island they do not know whither it goes, and they assert that it is not abundant on the neighboring coast.

The young begin to fly when they are two weeks old, and the parents usually take them immediately into the water.
The sea-parrot has a crest, and somewhat resembles a cockatoo.

Its numbers on the South Farallon are not great.

It makes a nest in a hole in the rocks, and bites if it is disturbed.

The island was first used as a sealing station; but this was not remunerative, there being but very few fur seal, and no sea-otters.