Myrna Herz 1969 journal 125 Sept. 13 (cont.) 5 mi. SSW Paracas, Depths - Sea, Peru. The water on the beach. Apparently it had been dead a while. The insides were eaten out, bones and all, and all that remained was part of the skin & the head. I'm saving the skull and flippers. We also found 2 skulls and part of the back of leather-backed turtles. There are large turtles that may be rare around this coast. More sea lion carcasses were along the beach - one with several turkey vultures feeding on it. 2:00pm. There were at least 28 turtle heads on that one short beach. Perhaps they are being killed by the fishermen. There were also parts to about 4 other penguins. Both the penguins and the tortoises turtles had backward-facing spines lining the roof of their mouths, presumably so fish they eat will go down only. Haven't seen any cormors here today. Spent the afternoon organizing specimens in preparation for the trip back to the US. I put up the short-tailed Phylletus I caught yesterday (MAL 469).