SE E NE N NW W SW S SE 56 180 DATE 17 Mar 64 Pg.# 1 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 0625 leg-of-formation Tropicbird SP 2 E 75ft called fairy terns by crew 0634 0640 Sooty Tern 2 E 25ft 0645 Widge-tail 1 W 0737 Petrel SP 2 W 0749 Petrel SP 1 NW 0844 Sooty Tern 2 W 25ft 0925 Sooty Tern 2 E 0927 Sooty Tern 1 N seen by watch 0930 Bonin Is P. 1 NW 0958 Shorebird SP 1 SW heavy black edges to wings possibly Sanderling 1026 Bonin Is P 1 S 400 to starboard - heavy black wing edges, called storm P. by crew at least 1 mile distant. Fairy Tern or Tropicbird probably 1105 White bird 1 NW 1142 Sooty Tern 1 NW 1200 observatory abandoned 1300 observations resumed 1230 "stompetel" 1 identified by crew - had white breast, probably Bonin Is P. in front of squall line 1336 Sooty Tern 3 E 500 1339 Sooty Tern 3 S-E 500 flying round squall line crossing bow 1340 White-necked P 1 E/N 200 to starboard 1546 Turtle 1 20 jets from ship on surface 150 off starboard 1405 Hancourt SP. 1 S 1410 Hancourt SP 1 N/O 1438 Shearwater/ petrel 1 W spotted by watch 1536 stop for longer station 1624 Newell's Shear 1 E 1630 resume ships course 1705 Decorative equipment deployed for cargo, 1801 Hard Tern SP 2 N seeking high into wind 400-600 to port 1845 end observations