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20th/3. Richardson
1941
6
General Account
Aboard the Vilena II
wounds. The battle scars were
rather restricted to the &s. I
should say little scar, including
gouged out eye. The young
of the sea elephant had the
gray coat of the juveniles, short
tail which barely
protruded through the gum (except
the canines), blunt face, and
a definite desire to remain out
of the water. They were cute,
little mammals with a bad
disposition. On the island
Bud and I shot 21 birds
which included 1 Opey, 6
wreys, and 14 song sparrows.
The song sparrow was very
common and at this season
were feeding the chicks of
the &s were all enlarged about
this size and we found
an nest with 4 eggs and I saw
one bird carrying food in its
mouth.
This morning we are still
at anchor off the San Benitos
Islands.
Feb 25 This morning and early
afternoon Bud and I shot
some of the birds shot yesterday.
This evening we went
ashore at the southern end