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1963 
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#23 adult female 1611 
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#24-25 adult nule 1615 (first tag cracked* second applied to other flipper 
# 26 adult male 1620 
# 27 yearling male 1645 
#28 adult male 1710 (now on sane beach on N.W. end of the island 
#30 yearling female 1725 
#31 yearling male 1735 
* 
While trying to tag an adult seal about 1540 I suddenly realized 
that it already had a FWS stag in it, left from the ones which Woodside 
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had tagged on Laysan in June and July of 1957- The tag was buried in a x 
fold near the middle of the flipper and after considerable scuffling I 
was able to read its number 68. The lettering was not badly worn, though 
it was somewhat hidden, and perhaps protected, by its position 
The seal weighed 300 lbs or so, and was about 200 yards K. of the l 
boat landing itn the SprpwIb o-p-p +v.« 
Aoout 1545 a large adult female was noted in one of the above- 
mentioned sand pockets in the vegetation. As it headed for the va- 
watching me, it almost ran over a Laysan nest. At the last minute 
rc suddenly stopped and rolled sharply to the right, apparently to 
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>n into the water# I not pushing the t 
id frightened it from its rest inn- dace bv 
tag it. -The bird, on the nest clacked its bill and pecked at the intruder 
as she came toward the nest, bufc did not leave the nest in the face 
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of such an onslaught. 
playing. 
water. They circled around each other, head to tail, and rolled over and 
