Husted, Dayle N. 1964 2 Shortly after going to sea King and I started seeing Sooty Terns, Wedgetail Shearwaters, Noddy Terms, a Frigatebird, and Black-footed Albatross. The crew members tried getting the other two boys on board to get them some luminous paint for an alual. June 16--The weather was rougher than a cab yesterday werrring and last night; it was still rough today. I was amazed at how this tub will take 75°+ rolls and snap right back. More terns, shearwaters, petrels, frigatebirds, and a tropicbird were observed today. I learned how to do the Bristle-thighed and the weather reports today. I am getting where I can identify the birds fairly fast. Some (8) wedgetails were seen sitting on the water near the ship this morning. They took off when we passed. They seemed to be dabbling around feeding on something. Other birds passed far ane near. Several large flocks of feeding terns and shearwaters were observed. June 17--The seas were still rough this morning. The bird watching was fairly slow. I saw Bonin Island Petrel, Dark-rumped Petrel and Harcourts Storm Petrel today as new species. The Wedgetail Shearwaters are becoming more and more dark the farther south we go. Many of the birds are also nothing. June 18--Several more feeding flocks composed mainly of dark-phase Wedgetails and Sooty Terns were observed. One wedgetail landed on the ship in the early morning around 0330. She was promptly captured and put in the cooler. She was skinned this evening. Two parasites of the order Mallaphaga were collected off of her. A Red-tailed Tropicbird was observed to follow the ship at close range for some time. A bird that I was sure was not a Wedgetail followed us. Warren came out and got