356 Gilmore SLIMDER BILLED SHEARWATER (3) 1931 All of the specimens Nos. 2058-71 were very fat, the adipose tissues lying in heavy layers over the body and blanketing some of the internal organs. None vomited when picked up alive; evidently they had nothing in their stomachs to regurgitate. The tongue and roof palate were covered with sharp projections pointing toward the throat, perhaps an adaptation to grasp wriggling living prey, quite a contrast to the smooth tongued and palated Fulmars. However, like the Fulmar, the testes of the Shear waters were attached quite laterally, a quarter to 3/8 inch from the median line. The flesh has a dark rich color and an odor much like mutton & Eders - heavy & pungent but not fishy. Sept. 3 From Unalaska Bay, 40-50 miles N.E. For the fours hours before reaching Unalaska we passed through countless thousands (millions?) of these birds, all on the wing and flying in a general Eastward direction. Looking through powerful glasses in