March 12 on board "Golden Bean" Cocos Is. to San Diego, Calif. Sitting on the surface until the "Bean" approached. The flock split up momentarily as the bean went through, and most dropped away (not fed) from the ship. The porpoise & fish disappeared com- pletely. I got a good look at the porpoises. Afterwards saw 3 Red-footed Boobies together, a Parasitic Jaeger, a lone Red-footed Boooy, and a wedge-tailed shearwater, pale phase, all more or less in its vicinity (10 minutes) of the large flock. Between 4:30 and 5 saw 2 lone dark phase Red-footed Boobies and anothe Booby, very dark brown with a Brown Booty wing winging - ? imm. Sula Leucogaster. Saw no birds after this in casual observation but a beautiful 6' ft soarfish was jumping completely out of the water off the stern rail shortly after 5. Very few flying fish, and almost only during the period that there were no birds around. It was very clear and calm in the afternoon, ideal observing con- ditions. Wrote notes in the evening. Before I got up, there was a Boooy roosting on the forecast room, which was shaken off by steering the ship hard port then hard starboard. The presence of the Boooy alone was not the cause of the problem; it was shitting all over the midshipmen's fresh paint job. Went to a movie after 8. Got to bed fairly early.