E.C. Aldrich 1937. ~ General Comment ~ U.C. Campus to Half Moon Bay to Sausalito March 20 At 6:20 this morning Howard Twining, Frank Richardson and myself left in M.V.Z. truck #112 with a unique purpose in mind. Due to the sinking of an oil tanker in the Golden Gate a week or so ago many water birds have suffered because of the oil pollution in the waters. From reports, a good deal of damage has been done both north and south of the gate. Deciding to make Half Moon Bay our farthest point south, we headed directly there first and worked our way back north to San Francisco and thence to Sausalito for the night. Much of the time on the way back was spent combing the beaches for all species of oil soaked birds which are mainly to be used for skeletal material. Oil was present on all the beaches examined in somewhat varying quantities for