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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 18 Apr 66
Pg.#
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0745 begin obs.
0745 BFA 8
0800 SS 1 N follows
0830 LA 1 follows
0837 SS? 1 N gray billed - dark underparts? white flush to underterms. below more reddish than else
0845 4BFA 1LA follows 0900- ramsayatt
0900 SS 1 N
0945 2 BFA follows
1045 3 BFA follows
1118 SS 1 N
1122 SS 1 N 5 BFA follows
1125 suspend obs.
1300 resume obs.
1300
1348 petrel sp. 1 0 BFA blushed - light gray dorsally, mantle splotchy dark + light gray - privately molting; virtually all white including undertail coverts. underwings had fairly narrow dark edge. Size of a Bonin Is. Petrel - landed in water. Twice - dorsal outer rectrices (perhaps 2 on each side) appeared white.
1400
1430 0 BFA 1BFA followed no follow
1500 0 BFA
1540 2 BFA
1553 Phalarope 1 N set in water
1556 Phalarope 1 N
1640 1 BFA
1650 SS 1 N
1653 SS 1 N
1715 4 2BFA follows
1722 Arctic Tern 5 N travel
1725 2 BFA follows
1725 end obs.