R.D. Kirkpatrick 1964 Journal Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii Oct. I stood my last night watch 8 of the trip from 5 to 6 AM. At Thur 3:30 a sudden squall wet me since I was in the bow. During the 2 to 4 PM watch, Doug Whitman and I started seeing various birds. I shot 5 times at a Wedgetail Shearwater with the 12 ga Browning Automatic, hitting it 3 times. It went down and the ship circled to pick it up. It flew away as we approached but Pat Gould shot a Golden Plover which was recovered while we were stopped. Whitman and I processed the Plover. We left the grid and started for Hawaii in the P.M. Oct No birds collected. Several 9 birds were observed, however. Fri. Johnston Atoll was seen from a distance of 8 miles at 1 P.M.