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Gould, F. J.
At Sea--1963
79
13 Sept 0930--1 Bird
0937--Flock: 1 Bulwer's Petrel
150 plus/minus 10 Wedge-tail 6 collected
feeding when first
observed and specimens
had squid in stomachs
5 Dark-rumped Petrel
followed until 1100
15 plus/minus Sooty Tern
1 Bonin Petrel (1 collected)
1025--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird
1145--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater
1154--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater
1208--1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater
1220--7 Wedge-tail
35 plus/minus 5 Sooty Tern
1221--1 Red-tailed Tropicbird
1223--1 Wedge-tail heading NE
1228--1 Wedge-tail heading E
1310--1 Tropicbird
1511--1 Bulwer's Petrel ?
1524--1 Wedge-tail heading E
1529--1 Bonin Petrel heading SW
1544--1 Golden Plover heading NE
1548--1 Wedge-tail heading W
1550--2 Wedge-tail
1607--2 Dark-rumped Petrel? heading SSW seen chasing flying fish
1624--1 Dark-rumped Petrel heading S
1637--1 Shearwater heading SE
1643--1 Wedge-tail heading SE
1654--1 Pink-footed Shearwater? heading N
side
wedge tail and back color
wing tips brown