Gould, Patrick J., 1963-1965
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Gould, P. J. 1964 White-tailed Tropicbird 2 January 4--Pacific Ocean, 2nd day out Oahu, Hawaiian I. 2 individuals were seen today, both were apparently full adults with very long tails. Neither bird appeared to be very curious about the ship as neither circled around it. This is unusual as almost all others we have seen since August have circled the ship many times. January 7--Pacific Ocean, 5th day out Oahu, Hawaiian I. 3 individuals seen today. Apparently these birds were adults, and none of them was curious enough to come in close to the ship. February 13--Pacific Ocean, Grid Area SW Johnston I. One bird at 0925 flying SE at 60'. February 16--Pacific Ocean One bird at 0731.