DATE 8 Dec 64 Pg.# N W E S time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 6:30 begin observation WT 0640 1 BFA 0640 1 WT 0652 3 BFA 0653 2 BFA 0657 3 (total) WT 0657 2 (0705 WT) 4 N 0800 Sooty/Sleek-billed Shearwater 1 S 0815 Black-footed 4 US 0820 Wedgetail 1 US 0845 BFA 5 S 0845 Wedgetail 2 S 0842 Kermadec P 1 N 0849 Wedgetail 1 S 0852 BFA 6 0900 BFA 7 N 0920 Cook's Petrel 1 SW 1146 Sleek-billed 1 SW 9:30-10:00 - BFA : 1-5 10:01-10:30 - BFA : 1 10:31-11:00 - BFA : 0-1 (1->0) 11-11:30 BFA 2 2:00 One of two seen possessed a white rump Since the last bird seen with a white rump was seen 30 miles (approx.) back this probably represents a different individual. 2nd bird seen with white rump - Min SDR 2WR 1200-1230- 1230-1300-1-4 (3 on water) 1300-1430 4BFA 1300 WT 3 N 1337 WT 1 N 1400 Red-footed B 2 S 1430 Wedgetail 1 W 1524 Newell's S 1 W 1740 end observation [illegible] Seen well, but odd looking- Grayish above rather than brown, with dusky patch along lower side of throat; no whitish on forehead as in JF types. Black edging to underwings; Flight indisputably WT- (Termitte agrees) Wouldn't even question it if not for grayish back. Undertail dark Primary shafts showed lighter above rump light but no white patch -all showing white on primary shafts about what? this time of year (All WT - light) 2 now following ship Both BFA essentially dark rump 2 sitting down on water to lee of ship- Joined by 3rd. Civility and BFA Medium large clear winged ff seen (flying parallel to ship, probably same birds as earlier) faintly pronounced silver flash, but several flings indicated SRS anyway. Bird came quite close to ship, bird not large enough, wing thin, and wrist flat, no reaching of wings, loosed banner than SS. immatures Light but water once 1430-1500 4 BFA 1515-1530 0 BFA 1730 1 BFA