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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Restorer
1944
Black-footed Albatrosses
3.
Nov. 13 "U.S.S Neshoba" Richmond to 30 mi W. Farallon Is.
& Return - San Pablo Bay & Pacific Ocean.
Salt Pools is tied in the center & the
line is towed astern. An albatross in
trying to get the salt pools gets his
beak caught in the open part of
the triangle and can be hauled aboard.
Once on board (he says) that the abatoses
are unable take off and become "sea sick".
The latter must be the well-known
ejection of stomach oil.