flocks: 0910 2 Sooty Tern travelling 4 Wedge-tail 3 Dark-rumped P. 2 Bonin Is. P. 1 Bulwers' P. 0920 25±2 Sooty Tern dispersing 5±2 Shearwater/petrel 0930 25±2 Sooty Tern travelling 5±2 Shearwater/petrel 1450 75±10 Sooty Tern feeding 5+ Wedge-tail 5+ Dark-rumped Petrel 1 Frigatebird 1 Bonin Is. Petrel 1635 3 Sooty Tern travelling 3 Wedge-tail 2 Dark-rumped Petrel 0757 Sooty Tern immature changing to adult plumage Several Dark-rumped Petrels still molting 1123 a dark brown shear/petrel slightly smaller than wedge-tail flashed from water beside ship called Christmas Is. Shearwater? 1310 Husted had good look at shear/petrel X. " All dark underneath except for narrow white strip in middle of wing, No dark breast band, no black on head or back, Plus size cross between Dark-rumped + Bonin Is P. About Dark-rumped size, Head white + underbody white. 1335 Dark-rumped Petrel collected by Husted #0509 1.05 lbs 1450 Observed feeding flock for 1½ hours during hydro station. Moved less than 1 mile. Rain squall passed over without changing flock position. Sky varied with birds coming + going; rising + descending depending on where fish were. Saw school of flying fish, many at surface.