De Benedicti 1964 March 11. On board "Golden Bear", Coco Is., to San Diego, Cal. in intermediate plumage. Saw a petrel at the same sterns. Between 12:30 and 1 saw a dark Red-footed Booby flying along the boat as usual. The bill is pale bluish and its skin pink. A group of 5 beach Petrels appeared in front of the ship, but soon dispersed. They were too far off to see in detail but had the fluttery flight of the beach's before, and the rump patch seemed to be divided. A pale phase Wedge-tail Shearwaters flew by after this. Went in from 1 to 4 when I went out for another hour. Saw only 1 Red-footed Booby between 4 and 4:30, and another Parasitic Jaeger, 4 Red-footed Boobies (in 2 groups of 2) and another Wedge-tail Shearwaters from 4:30 to 5. Stayed out a little after this, seeing 2 more Red-footed Boobies, and after dinner saw 3 more ta Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. Very clear day. Still very thick. March 12 Got up early and went out to watch from 6:30 to 7. Choppy and overcast but the cloud soon burned off. Very cool. During this period I saw 5 Red-footed Boobies and a Masked Booby. At first there was only 1 Sula sula, which circled around the ship collecting a second bird. These were temporarily joined by the Masked Booby, then 2 more Red-feet which stayed with them, and the four were joined by a fifth, the five flying off together. All were dark phase. At breakfast and then out from 7:30 to 8:30. During the first half hour I saw 2 light-