De Benedicts 226 March 7 on board "Golden Bear" Grayquill to Coroc Island. at 3:14 minutes before disappearing. Also saw a Hawks bill turtle. It was marked ochre and red-brown, and the rear of the shell was more pointed than in green turtles, O-shaped. The snout was also very sharply pointed and well set off. It was very close and disappeared while the prow from the bow. When I2 saw the flippers were up over the shell and he headed out : [illegible], and the animal appeared to be floating. Saw one O. costio, usual tail, during this period. Went out from 4:15 to 5:15 but only saw 1 O. costio. Bred to death, [illegible] all wore out mentally. Wrote notes in the evening. The midshipmen have been swiping our C-rations. The cases were removed, the bands slid off, everything eaten, and then the bands were replaced and the cases returned. They were caught because one of the midshipmen was snatching the cigarettes in our quarters. Also learned that the bus used to take everyone into town had been commandeered for 4-hours while the midshipmen [illegible] -up. Grayquill must have been wild. March 8 when we got up Coroc was just barely visible in the distance, and we got in about 10. There were lots of Boobies flying out but little else: Saw a nice Paradise Tanager with tails just molting in, and an Oceanodroma costio. Frigate birds, prob. magnificens were circling overhead. The Boobies were about equally divided in numbers between hawed Red-footed and Brown Boobies.