Nov., 19o 5 [ AMONG THE SEA BIRDS OFF THE OREGON CO?ST, PART II 165 usual meal, we were suddenly startled by an avalanche of loose gravel and rub- bish rattling down the side of the cliff. We jumped for the cover of the projecting ledge, just as a large cormorant came flopping down and with a sickening thud landed in a heap at our door step. He must have come from one of these nests that were seventy-five feet above us. Such a fall would have broken every bone YOUNG BRANDT C:ORMORANTS Courtesy of The Pacific .