Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 23 THE SECOND MONDAY THE 23rd Today was almost an exact copy of its twin yesterday; Binion and I started the first watch at 6:20 A.M.; the skies were very cloudy, with the wind blowing almost directly from the northeast, stirring up the water into small choppy breakers; we came upon many birds sitting on the water, most of them unexpectedly; two Slender-billed Shearwaters (identification not positive) were collected during the watch - this was George's "bird-of-the-day" - I saw his point when there was much squabbling over their identity among those people who did not hesitate to identify them skimming across the water; when I inquired about this point I was told that it was often easier to identify them in the air than in the hand - I am still pondering this point; at 7:30 the ship was joined by several porpoises which hurtled through the water off the ships port for several hundred yards before leaving; at 11:45 the ship circled to pick up a dead bird in the water - before they could maneuver into position a circling sailfish had swallowed the bird, leaned into the air and made off with it; at 12:15 a whale was seen blowing off the starboard bow just beyond a school of milling and thrashing fish - the school of fish moved toward the ship, cut across the bow and on toward the west with the whale close behind - although it is not for certain that the whale was in pursuit of the fish, it certainly appeared that way - especially since the fish moved toward the ship; at 5:30 a White-necked Petrel was collected, just before the watch was secured; Roger and Larry are averaging about 15 birds a day between them and will have most of them up in study skins by the time we reach Honolulu if they keep up the pace.