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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
10
2 Aug 0903--Red-tailed Tropicbird starboard to port
0914--White-tailed Tropicbird--port on water
0915--Bonin Island Petrel on bow
0916--Flock 50 plus Sooty Terns flying high (hard to see)
0919--Sooty Terns (5)
0920--Tropicbird
0925--Flock
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 13 on water
Manx Shearwater (1)
Sooty Tern (1) heading S
0930--Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (30 plus) port of last flock
0932--Sooty Tern (2) high
0936--Sooty Tern (6) high
0936--Wedge-tailed Shearwater (1)
0938-- " " " " (3) heading S
0941-- " " " " (1)
0943--Sooty Tern (2) heading E
1020-- Christmas Island Shearwater heading W
1022-- Sooty Tern (2) heading S
1022--Sooty ? about 200--large flock far to N of ship--feeding?
1024--Wedge-tailed Shearwater heading S
1025--Red-tailed Tropicbird E to S 100' up
1026--Sooty Terns (2) heading S Low
1034--Red-tailed Tropicbird--from E circled ship
1036-- " " " " same as above?
1040--" " " " " " diving off stern 100'