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DATE 15Dec64
Pg.# 1
N
W E
S
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0615 begin observations
0636 J.F. Petel 1 N
0715 J.F. Petel 1 E
0900 Sh / Pet 1 S
0926 S.l.b.Su.7 1 S
0945 Herald's Petel 1 N
1113 Lecchis 1 NW
1217 Sh / Petel 1 W
1305 shor/petel 1 N
- some light under wing - wings appear narrow
Not definitely not Sooty, but probably not
some dark in undertail coverts - light phase
1325 shor/petel 1
1350 J.F. Petel 2
WN.Petel 1
1355 shor/petel 1
1410 J F Petrel 1 NC
1630 shor/petel 2 NW
- seen very poor
dark brown upperparts with white flashes in
primaries, underparts white, underwing white
with thick dark edge, wedge-tail sized but
didn't feel like a Wedgetail - flammepetell's
> Seen by George
flanked
first bird flushed fine white - brownish green upperpart
underparts white, underwing light mottled brown,
almost white - probably same as 4 birds seen
yesterday, joined by 2nd bird, also flushed,
but several hundred yards further north.
Probably same species but may have been
Herald'sP, since underwings looked fairly
dark when bird bordered although light was not
too good. Both flew fast ahead of ship and
started to arc fairly high - tail short
1654 J.F. Petel 1 SD
1657 J.F. Petel 2
1730 - Quet