E.C. Allard 1937. together that ordinarily would not be in tact. Finding small birds such as Murrelets in these masses was extremely difficult & probably some were overlooked. Birds for specimens were obtained in several ways. The way most of them were obtained was to pick them up dead on the sandy shore. Others were alive and were killed down & obtained by that method. The reaction of these live birds to the oil certainly presented a pathetic sight. Some were so weak they could hardly raise their head, yet their last energy was being spent in a futile attempt to preen out their feathers. Many lay trembling & shivering because the oil had separated the feathers leaving the cold wind to reach their bare skins. Some no doubt were in the last stages of starvation due to this inability to obtain food. Many birds such as California Murre, Skulls, and Western Grebe