DATE 9 Feb 65 Pg.# 58 1 S E N W time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0634 begin observations 0640 Alpinn Scurv 0920 Sooty Tern 2 W 1115 Sooty Tern 30?S L+N Fairy Tern(?) 1 Day the hell out - Invisible without binoculars Milling about at first finally lifting above horizon as Sooties typically do. Finally came close enough so contrasting upper + lower parts could be just seen. Fairy Tern ? with them single all white bird seen diving to surface of water, seemed smaller than sooties - Couldn't prove it wasn't a tropicbird by me. RBC. some feeding sitting on water 1210 Sooty Tern 7 Fairy Tern 5 Noddy Tern 11 1227 Sooty Tern 3 NE 1254 Bristle-thighed Cinclav 1 SE 5off called three "cur-lee", did not pause to look over ship. 1720 Sooty Tern 6 NE 1725 Sooty Tern 4 N Fairy Tern 19 feeding 1830 end observations