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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG -- E
DATE 21 Feb 65
Pg.# 1
N
W E
S
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0630 begin observations
1050 1TTB 1
1250 shear/patul 1 NW
1255 shear/patul 1 NW
1613 Leach's P 1
1810 end observations
First observed sitting on water. Plumage
Coloration was distinctly pink.
Seen by George both black - flying fast may very
/ " well have been Scoty Shearwater