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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