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Gill, Douglas E.
1964
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upset because we only got one shotgun out and didn't have sawdust and
cotton. He is so dense it is very difficult to convince of anything
that he has made up his mind over. Well, finally lunch (really another
dinner) came which made my stomach happy. In the afternoon a Russian
traveler heavily ladened with radio, sonar, and radar equipment went by.
Just before it went by Fred collected a medium sized Petrel, grey back,
white forehead, and black-bordered white underwing. We had been seeing
and
several of these^had no idea what they were. It turned out that they
are a New Zealand race of the Bonin Island Petrel. Some of the others
saw a couple of Harcourt's Storm Petrels, but I missed them. Later in
the afternoon a jaeger flew over which Fred collected. This is apparently
a first record for a Parasitic in the North Central Pacific. Around
five fifteen we closed down watch and ate dinner. I got another dose
of sun today which makes my face, ears, neck, and arms bright red and
sore. After dinner we bulled until dark. Bob Long came up briefly but
didn't stay long. After looking at stars, I watched Perry Mason then hit
the sack at 9:15.
June 4-- Reveille woke me up at 7. It was drizzling outside but the
rolling of the ship wasn't too bad. I ate breakfast with our gang then
went to get laundry done. Then I wrote this for a while