Gill, Douglas E., 1964
Page 11
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Gill, Douglas E. 1964 11 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