SI-MNH-958e 7-28-64 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E DATE 15 Feb 65 Pg.# 1 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0640 Begin observations 0640 BFA 2 L 0705 ST 2 SE 0715 ST 2 SW 0814 Phalæncephalus 1 NE 0830 Sooty Tern 60±15° Fair Tern 2 Frigate 1 0832 shear/petrel 1 0845 shear/petrel 1 NE 0847 tern 2 NE 0950 Sooty Tern 2 SE 1000 Leach to P 1 SE 1015 Sooty Tern 25±5 SE 1022 GF? 1 E 1050 BFA 4 1100 BFA 7 1142 headseas 1 1205 Leach's 1 0800 BFA 3 small, light grey, paid no attention to ship wing beats may be slower than Sanderling. feeding seen by Territo White underparts - dark above, last 2 for to be specific had white headed look - felt like the (Corvus garrulus) Herald's type with the pronounced whitish underwing Seen several times last Mars Apr. called shear/petel. feeding to pwl -total 5 sitting behind boat 2 in front on hydrail 1145 - Witnessed a peculiar facet of black-foot penguin - The bird was precocious in the Beatle's just anterior and in front of the wing. What was peculiar about this was that in every instance the bird dipped its bill into the water before ready into the bruthier. Drops of water could be seen flying in a sparkle as the bird reached from the water to under the wing. Another bird proceeded - joined the first and proceed in exactly the same manner. This was witnessed not less than 5 time and was completely invariant. Watch further it seemed possible that occasionally the bill would be dipped not into the water but almost too it. I am not sure that this is certain - It is certain that many case the head was dipped toward the water and then shaken from side to side before the bird moved its head back into the bruthiers. Two other birds joined the group and behaved similarly. 1745 BFA seen following ship with wing bedam at wrest -- seems to be doing quite well - has 6 flap slightly more 1800-12 BFA Guller 1830 end observations