P. DeBenedictis 1964 21 14 Jan on board "Golden Bear" off Western Mexico. make much if any correlation between feeding & the wing beat types but the deep strokes occur more often as they set ttle near the garbage dropped. ? feeding signal. Otherwise the different birds don't pay much attention to each other towards the end of the day most of the petrels had dropped off but about 5:10 PM saw a flock of 10 Sooty terns circling high above the water; flew of 6 to the west as the boat approached, as before. Very little marine life - only 1-2 flying fish and almost no plankton. Position 21°0'N, 109°30'W at 8:30 AM, 20°20,5'N, 108°57.0'W at noon, ≈130 mi. W Cape Corrientes, Tabasco, Mex. In the evening Charles Carpenter showed his film of the Islands; very beautiful but wonders how many parties decided not to go where they had planned. The country looks dry, barren, and rough! Still no phosphorescence. 15 Jan This A.M. started out as a complete washout! a little windier and cloudier than usual & looks like it will rain. Nothing following or ve on the boat - didn't see a bird until nearly 9 AM when a Frigatebird was spotted far in the distance. Very well to be seen in the ocean. The flying fish seem to be different, a smaller darker species with black (transparent showing the H₂O through the fin). Everyone notices the dullness of the day. The first symposium session (miscel) was very unpleasant due to heat and humidity; slept through 6:20th