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Gould, Pl J.
1964--At Sea
186
4 Jan
1010--1 Hawaiian Noddy Tern
1122--1 White-tailed Tropicbird E 200'
1229--1 Red-footed Booby BNE 30'
1252--1 White-tailed Tropicbird E 70'
1257--1 Shearwater SSE 20'
1355--1 Bonin Petrel SSE
1426--1 Harcourt's Storm Petrel SSE
1445--1 Harcourt's Storm Petrel NW
1502--2 Storm Petrel S
1528--4 Sooty Tern ENE
1537--1 Fairy Tern BNE
1550--1
1555--1 Storm Petrel? SE (Blue-gray Noddy Tern--PJG)
white patch on forehead like that of Hawaiian Noddy, under parts
light cream or off whitish, upper parts a little darker like
pale gray or brown. Flew like Harcourt's storm Petrel
1721--6 Sooty Tern E 30-40' between rain squalls
heavy rains from 1723--1800
observation ended 1835
sunset 1835
January 5, 1964--Pacific Ocean, 3rd day out Oahu, Hawaiian Isl.
observation began 0651
We changed course last night to search for the plane that has
been missing since Jan. 1.
0707--1 Albatross