Husted, Dayle N. 1964 27 July 27--This morning was very slow, but the number of birds picked up this afternoon. Dark-rumped Petrels were the main bird seen. One immature Sooty Tern was seen, it was all dark. The Captain.saw an all dark bird, smaller than a Wedgetail. It may have had brown spots on its underwing. It flew with high arcs and sudden flopped. It may have been a Christmas Island Shearwater. We skinned the White-necked Petrel and the last Dark-rumped Petrel. The Dark-rumped Petrel was a finale with avary 7 x 5 and the follicles well developed. The White-necked Petrel was male with testes _____. The Dark-rumped Petrel was very fat. The sea was very rough today and water was continously breaking over the bow. July 28--Not much happened today. Several flocks were seen and several unidentified birds were seen. The flocks were composed of Sooty Tern, Dark-rumped Petrel, Fairy Terns. Fewer wedge-tailes have been noticed lately, less than last cruise. This evening I shook the boys up. I banged the BT into the side of the ship twice. That really shook the oceanographers up. Two Kermadec Petrels were seen for sure today. July 29--Most of the birds we saw today were in a flock that was seen at 1810. We also had a fire drill that turned into a water fight. July 30--Today was very slow, with only 17 birds being seen. We didn't cover much area today, because we had a drift station this morning and that shot all time until 1430. July 31--We saw fewer birds today than I expected. Wedge-tails were finally seen today, all of them light. One Kermaded? Petrel was also seen. Three small feeding flocks were also observed. They were mainly composed of the Sooty Terns and Shearwater-Petrels