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DeBeauches 1464
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March 7 on board "GoldenBeam", Gueyaguid to Coco Island
Custis show wide tail bands but the long fight.
possibility I am confusing them with petrels. From
the bow I saw 4 more of these Custis, 2 at a time
at a fair distances. The tail is marked before a
tetraph. Between 1 and 1:30 I saw a royal custis
and an Oceanuliss which was 1 1/2 sitting on the
water in front of the ship. It got up carrying a 2-3
inch long segment of a fish tail, and flew 25-30 ft, sat
down, got up again and flew off. The tail was
very distinctively marked, like an even banded
leach's only the black was always = wide [illegible].
Couldn't see the feet. Probably O. oceanifer here;
it looked very unlike the petrels I have seen before
on this trip, although I am not sure why (tail t?
longer wings). At 2 we went back to Central Time
and it again became 1 P.M. Went out from 3:15 to
4:15. Saw a group of 50-60 propises very close
but not playing or the bow. They were small - 6-8 ft,
marked as
[illegible]
One I with a young 3/4's been size stayed off the ship
for some time; the two jumped from the water in
synchrony and hid the waters so one animal. Most were
ging forward but some hit the water on their sides, and
other went almost straight up, and then landed on the
belly with a great splash. They stayed with the boat