Galapagos field notes, v579
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March 7 on board "Golden Bee", away from Cocos Island. Went out again from 9:20 to 10. before 9:30 I saw 2 Leach's Petrels together, and shortly before them, an O. tethys. Again the size and flight were very sim- iliar, but the tails very differently marked. They all were very close to the ship so I could see them clearly. The Leach's were marked [illegible] while the tethys was [illegible]. A 75 imm. Frigate bird appeared far off in the distance about this time. Between 9:30 and 10 there was a lot of action. 5 Oceanus- chorus castro in a open flock, showing a slower flight and the tail marked [illegible]. About 4 lone Masked Boobies went by and in a large feeding flock there were half a dozen more, with 50 or so Blue-foots, about 100 Sooty Terns and 1 White Noddy (Gypis alba). They were circling about high in the air, the terns occasionally dipping to the surface and the Boobies diving. The Woody stood out as a pure white tern among the black and white Sooteis, but was too far out to see any details. There are some very tiny flying fish about, only 2 or 3 inches long, which looks like small spangled moths when they glide. lots of bigger ones, but these mostly solitary. Quit for after 11. Between 11:15 and 11:30 Saw one more O. castro. There was one caelis and a Black Petrel following the ship at a considerable distance at this time. At 12:30 There were 2 castros and a Black Petrel following. The