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ZIEGLER
1954
(TANSCRIBED)
JOURNAL,
MAR 6
(Cont.)
8:00 A.M. DIOMEDEA NIGRIPE (2),
DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS (2)-ONE QUITE
CLOSE TO SHIP.
2:30 P.M. DIOMEDEA NIGRIPE (2)-
ADULTS. DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS (2)-
FAR BACK IN WAKE OF SHIP. SMALL
PUFFINUS ORISTHOMELAS ? (DESCRIBED
MAR 6-ABOVE) - SEEMED TO HAVE SORT
OF AN INCOMPLETE THROAT STRIPE -
FLYING ALONG WITH SHIP PERHAPS
300-400 YARDS OUT. ALSO 2 & 17
RELATIVELY LARGE BIRDS WITH
GREYISH MANTLE & WHITE NECKS,
TAILS & UNDERPARTS, WING-TIPS
"INK DIPPED" BLACK WITHOUT SPOTS.
ON SOME THE FACE SEEMED TO BE
BLACK, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE
I COULDN'T BE SURE. FRIGHT LIKE
THAT OF GULL - MOSTLY FLAPPING
NOT GLIDING. PERHAPS RISSA
TRI DACTYLA.
5:00 P.M. DIOMEDEA NIGRIPE (4)-
TWO ADULTS. DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS
(3) CLOSE TO SHIP. ALSO ONE
PUFFINUS SP.? FAR OUT SWIMMING
THE WATER & 4 MORE GULL-LIKE
BIRDS (RISSA TRI DACTYLA ?) FLYING
AWAY FROM SHIP AS IT PASSED.
ONE ON THE WATER - GULL OR
TERN-LIKE ATTITUDE.
MAR.7 MS. PRAMA MARU, 2550 MI. OUT OF
SAN FRANCISCO.