Field notes, v1726
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A. C. ZICORER 1954 ESCHRICHTUS GLAUCUS OFF HALF MOON BAY, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA FEB. 23 (CONT'D) THE REST OF TIME MIGRATING SOUTH TO NORMAL BROOD. THEY DID NOT FEED FOR THIS 8 MO. PERIOD AWAY. IF THEY DID RUN INTO A SCHOOL OF FISH OR "WELL" THEY MIGHT EAT. SAW THE PELVIC BONES WHICH DR GILMORE HAS BOILED OUT. THEY WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF MEGRATEUS (IN MVB) BUT "DEEPER" (NOT THICKER) IN THE ELBOW REGION. OFF POINT REYES, MARIN CO., CALIFORNIA FEB 26 -> WITH 70X180mm TESTES TAKEN TODAY BY DEL MONTE FISHING CO., WT. , TOTAL WEIGHT 394. THIS WHALE HAS MORE PLASPER BARNACLES THAN THE FEB. 23 ONE. MANY "LICE" ALSO, THE CANCELLED WORDS WERE ABOUT 1 TO 1½ IN. IN DIA AND WERE CLUSTERED ONLY (?) ON THE REGION + GROUT. NO TINY BARNACLES SUCH AS WERE FOUND ON 15 WHALE WERE SEEN ON THIS ONE, HOWEVER THE SAME TYPE OF SUNKEN ONES WERE SEEN BUT WERE ABOUT ½ IN. IN DIA. + LESS CROWDED THAN THE [illegible] - IT ALMOST SEEMS AS IF THE TINY BARNACLES HAD GROWN UP & THINGS OUT. TWO TYPES OF WHALE "LICE" WERE FOUND. LARGE (UP TO ¾ IN.) ONES AROUND BASE OF BARNACLES ON HEAD + VERY THINLY SCATTERED ON BODY +