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Gould, P. J.
At Sea--1963
31
8 Aug 1045--1 Bonin Island Petrel heading N
111 2--2 Sooty Tern 5' up heading SSE
1126--1 Bonin Island Petrel ? heading N
1140--1 Bonin Island Petrel O heading N
1148--Bonin Island Petrel SW heading N
1200--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird, Imm. heading NNE
1320--1 Ruddy Turnstone 40' up NE heading SW
1414@-1 Shearwater O SW heading NE
1450--Large Flock ca 80; Wedge-tailed Shearwaters? Sooty Terns? Flock scattered
as ship approached
1624--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird heading SW O heading NE
1642--1 Shearwater
1713--1 Bonin Island Petrel ? d' NE
1727--1 Red Tailed Tropicbird heading NE
1750--1 Bonin Island Petrel heading SW
1802--1 Christmas Island Shearwater heading S
1810--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird E 3-3 -> N
1840--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater?
1945--3 Sooty Terns, NW to S varied from 5-50' up
1954--2 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters O heading SW
2148--1 Sooty Tern (head)
2345--3 " "
August 2, 1963
0015--1 Sooty Tern NW heading SE
0030--checked with fan-tail (no birds)