Husted, Dayle N. 1964 26 on our bookwork that has fallen behind. I skinned a Dark rumped Petrel. It was a male with very small testes, 5 mm. Another thing that surprised me was how little fat there was on the bird. The ship wirceled a log several times today and 19 dolphins were caught. July 24, 1964: Today Dark rumped Petrel, White necked Petrel, Dark Wedgetails, Sooty Terns, Bonin Is. Petrel, and Harcourts Storm Petrel were seen. The off watch hours were spent finishing up the books. The sea was fairly rough this morning, but calmed down this afternoon. Squalls were frequent today. I skinned another Dark rumped Petrel today. It was a male, the testes were 7 mm by 3 mm and 9 mm by 3 mm. July 25, 1964: The weather closed in until about noon. Visibility was 1/4 mile or less much of the time. This afternoon the skies cleared and many birds were seen. The Dark rumped Petrel numbered over 100 again. Few flocks were seen, but we got right in the middle of one. One Dark rumped Petrel hit the guy wire to the mast and flew (staggered) off wisivly shaken. Tonight we skinned 2 more Dark rumped Petrel. They were both females with ovaries 9 x 4 and 14 x 3 (I better check on that). The fallicles were well developed in the one I skinned. They were not so well developed in the one Warren skinned. Eyes were also found in one of the birds stomach (Warrens). The oceanographer (David O.) thought they might be squid eyeballs. July 26, 1964: The visibility was good today, but the number of birds dropped off greatly. We saw 3 new birds today, the Christmas Is. Shearwater, the Kermadec Petrel, and Audubons Shearwaters. This morning a Newells Shearwater was seen off the stern, but collection was impossible.