A.S. Bicknell 1959 ESCHrichtius glaucus Off Half Moon Bay, San Mateo Co., California, Feb 23 1 female with 40 lb prem emb, towed off coast near San Francisco by Del Monte Fish Co. Emb showed pointed tail with no flukes (emb) at 6 weeks old or [illegible] and no ext evidence of hind limbs. Adult was 42 ft long weighing 18 tons. Wt increased greatly too in relation to length in other younger animals. The heart weighed 350#. Dr. Guilmore and Chuck Cairo said the whale had only a couple of barnacles on it and only a few whale lice. At snout, however, there were many pin-head size barnacles in clusters with the shell- [illegible] over a shade below the skin. The workers seemed to think that these were not just small barnacles filling up an empty socket left when a few loose barnacles dropped off. All of the tiny barnacles were about the same size. I found 1/2 inch bristles running across the [illegible] snout of the cranium (mons. not seen). Bristles were about two inches apart both ways. Dr. Guilmore said the stomach held only 10 or 15 gal's of greenish water and intestines had no feces. He said the whales fed in Artic waters for four months in summer and spent