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NOTES; This specimen agrees well with Sa- 
saki’s (1929) description. Apparently only the 
left locking cartilage was fused in this spec- 
imen, but the area of attachment is so small 
that the right side may have been overlooked 
and torn loose. The present individual is the 
first record of this species from this area of 
the Pacific, although Schauinsland (1899) re- 
ported it from Laysan Island in the Hawaiian 
group and Sasaki {op cit.) reported it from 
Formosa, Okinawa, and Japan. It is appar- 
ently well distributed in the Indo-Pacific area. 
Among the specimens in this collection 
were three squid, which were very difficult 
to identify, taken from the stomachs of sea 
birds. They were partially digested and then 
excessively hardened in alcohol so that the 
arms and tentacles are fused together and 
exceedingly brittle. Upon dissection they 
proved to be ommastrephids, and they seem 
to be referable to the above species although 
the determination is questionable. 
LOCALITIES: Bikini Atoll; Ourakaen Island; 
Morrison, May 2, 1946. One from booby and 
the other from white-capped noddy. U.S.N. 
M. 574263. 
Rongelap Atoll; Burok Island; Morrison, 
July 24, 1946. No other data. U.S.N.M. 
574267. 
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