Pagg Ho. P. - 
alcmg for tho furposo of Identifying the craljs ^ wight take. Only a few 
^phipode were f^ss^t in the ^toh here in worked contrast to the super'* 
abxmdijace of these orgnjiiras at Magdnl«ria Bigr. 4t about el even o*clodfc at 
night one of the Engineer Officers called ©e to the engine roos® to see a 
lot of bjri^t red shriwp they h^di discovered in the sueti<m side of one of 
the condensers opened for winor repairs. It was a Oal^heid shrlwp very 
coaiaoR in lower Cal^ifomia waters, at least at certain seasons. At tiweo 
they occur in such countless nunbers they color the water red for great 
distances. Tfuge windows of the dead shells of these aniwals have been 
observed in the past as a conspicaious red streak along the shore lino. 
Crustaceans of this typo form an iwportant whale food and without doubt 
this species played an iwportant part in the forwer abundance of wliales in 
the Lower Coliforaian and Mexican waters. A large black sea bass taken 
in Ma^nlena lay during the day regurgitated several of these Galatheids 
'phen hauled into the boat. 
6. At Socsorro Island. July 20th, both shore collecting and dredg- . 
Ing was aceoupli shed . ^he nost interesting aniBf^s secured this day were; . 
several specisiens of burrowing shrisp. fhese were found in passages they 
constructed in the nx^dy sand xaider boul.ders fo»ing the greater extent 
of the shore at the landing place. One of the boh 1b tli© landing party dis- 
covered a crude dross atop a large stound. Upon the cross appeared to have 
been painted, in Spanish, the senory of the sailors — Marcdi 8, 1924.'* 
¥he lettering was alraost ille^ble as the result of weathering. 
7 . duly 2l8t, jin eventiiil day. A landing was Bade at Cflipperton 
Island I This isolated (»ral atoll, the only one in Pacific Aoerlcan waters, 
has s^do® been visited by acl«itifio parties chiefly because of the diffi- 
culty of landing on its surf-beaten shores and the uncertainty of weather 
conditions in that area. 
8. However, with the add of Havy ^©rienoe and training for 
landings of Just this sort. It was possible to spend sone two and a half 
hours on the Island and aake various natural history collections. As the 
result ot of Lieut. Ckmdr. Kelly and Mr. Michael 0*H®illy of 
the nnirty-two birds of four or five species, boobies and terns, were 
taken, including nesting young, specimns in Juvenile pluaage, and adults, 
fhese speciia^s are such desired additions to the collections of the Katioaal 
Museu®. Lieut. Ocxsdr. Kelly also reports seeing sssall du<^s on the cssttral 
lagoon of the Island, but they were too far away for m effective shot, 
nd otherwise inaccessible. Puc^s were reported frcxa Clippertfm as early 
as 1898 (Snodgrass and Hellerl but no one has ever succeeded in obtaining 
any specimens. On the other haml m wsdlng or strictly shore birds were 
observed. 
9« In addition,' msBibers of toe landing party secured one of too 
ssall liaards running about on the Island, and a single large reddish- 
orange limd crab, Oeoarcinus planatus. 
