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Gould, P. J.
1963--At Sea
64
1422--1 Wandering Tattler ROW 25' (Pat Elliot)
1430--1 Bird on water by bridge watch
1433--1 Bulwer's Petrel heading E
1440--9 Sooty Terns OW 200-300'
1449--1 Wedge-tail heading NW
1450--1 Imm. Red-tailed Tropicbird N-S shot by captain
1452--1 Bulwer's Petrel heading NE
1458--Flying Fish
1501--1 Bulwer's Petrel heading SE
1520--Flock: wedge-tail 40 plus feeding on flying fish
Pink-footed Shearwater 3 plus
Bonin Island Petrel 1
Sooty Tern 25
1530--Flock: 1 Bulwer's Petrel
50 plus/minus 10 Wedge-tails
200 plus/minus 25 Sooty Terns
3 white Terns
2 Tropicbirds
1 Dark rumped Petrel (white-necked petrel)
Collected: 1 Dark-rumped Petrel, 1 Sooty Tern and 3 Wedge-tails
1746--2 Wedge-tails heading NE
1848--1 Sooty Tern heading NE 100'
observations ended at 1900
September 8, 1963--Pacific Ocean, 4th day out of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands
2424--3 Tern (see note on next page)