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to make the same remark when presented with more than & solidly packed quart 
of them. It was an amassing sight. 
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-perca iordani . at the Cape .extends the range of this species southward on 
the west side of the Gulf of California below Corralvo Island, south of which 
it had not been taken before on this side of the Gulf. This particular speci- 
men, by the way, is the first of the species to find its way into the collec- 
At Socorro Island, July 20, we .. sxperi -e netd . some of the best fishing 
'tn bar! had no for, taking jeopard groupers, spotted c&brillos, California 
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yel low tai Is, and also sewers! blue crevallys> On e - 1 of th , s—e^' < ys a ! lys-which~-»I 
had the good, fortune to land myself proved to fca- the , .record sped is en of the 
sp©cl#®'-fo-r -weight, - 3 S pounds!- ¥© - also ..caught .a. -fax brown-*- -and-M-g-eyed 
4&eks. From along the shores of Er ait limits lay a small mullet, Mpgil. setoaus. 
was secured. It is the first of its kind that the Rational Museum ewer re- 
ceived. 
July 21st, an eventful day, and one of the high lights of the cruise. 
L landing was made on Clipperton Island, the only true coral atoll in eastern 
Pacific waters, Fas . vim ha «. long been anxious to obtain a study 
series of the birds frequenting this isolated, and seldom visited coral island. 
Thirty-two birds were obtained., as well as a fair sample of its marine fauna. 
At least one new species of shrimp was discovered here. Dr. /illiam Randolph 
Taylor, of the University of Michigan, who has prepared a report on the algae 
secured for publication, writes, H The Clipperton Island collections are unique, 
