DATE 25 Apr 64 Pg.# N dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0545 0610 0550 0615 0630 0635 0638 0652 0702 0717 0747 0930 0946 0947 1035 1102 1104 1115 1125 1135 1140 1149 1155 1205 1213 Soggy Tern ? Begin observation P.S. Beger Red Tailed Tropicbird Wedge tail S. Hamerets S.P. Hameret S.P. Wedge tail S. Petrel S.P. Shearwater/ petrel Storm petrel sp. Harcards S.P. Wedge tail S. Shearwater sp. Sooty Tern Christmas Is Shearwater Hamerets S.P. Hamerets S.P. Hamerets S.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 S S N S S S S S N S S S S N N seen by watch seen by watch dark phase >1 on either side of ship light phase all light uncolored. seen by watch B dark phase all dark - slightly smaller than wedge tail storm petrel stiffer wing - 100 yds off shaft port B - went right past Wesson oil slick passed back & forth, over oil slick several times around oil slick 2 more moil slick - same type? probably same as previous passed ship, turned, caught oil trail & followed it back in direction of oil slick - looked very much like type A when it turned into wind large all grey Shearwater with light spots on primary under wing came within 75 ft. Not brown but gray - spot shaped not Chile Kermadec - possibly Slander's Petrel