P DeBenedictis 1964 22 15 Jan on board the Golden Bear off central Mexico. 3 falcs. Afterwards we gratefully went up; few birds, about boat a squall was evident. We first saw a numm. Blue-faced Booby, like yesterday, and later another frigate bird About 11:00 it became obvious we were going to go through a squall, but the birds became quite varied. Saw 1 or 2 undistinguishable Boobs and 3 Parasites & horn-tailed Jacers, about (1). about 15 minutes later we went through a big group of birds, of which I managed to miss most. About 15 Frigate birds, 4"Sooty Terns together. Then we flushed a Wedge-tailed Shearwater from the water. It got off with a stiff wing beat unlike the other Buffins we have seen. Brown phase with a conspicuous pale area on the greater secondary coverts; tail shaped with a booby - < > and easy to see. Most of the birds were right along the curve where the wind cooled and shifted as we went in to its squall and so birds actually in the storm area. Went for lunch when it began to rain (12:30) and got back a little after noon. about 12:10-12:15 a ? Frigate bird circled the boat, inflating its throat pouch occasionally. Notting the secondary & inner primaries & 1 tail feathers. Conspicuous tail shaking in flight, and the un-inflated throat pouch is easy to see in silhouette.