DATE 27 Mar 64 Pg.# 2 time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc. 1040 P. externa white-necked Petrel 1 SW 5 to 20 ft 100 yds off starboard side of ship in excellent light back mottled sandy or light gray and dark gray 150 yds. off starboard observation unsatisfactory observed by watch about one mile off port 1135 Tropicbird sp. Shearwater sp. 1 N 1240 Shearwater/ petrel 1 NW 1242 Shearwater/ petrel 1 NW 300 yds. off port side of ship possible TS or I.S Petrels 1305 Shearwater/ Bulwer's Petrel? 1 seen by watch 1405 Long-tailed Albatross 1 SW 75 yds off bow 1419 Red-tailed T.B. 1 100ft unmature 1442 Wedged Brest 1 NE 30 ft unmature - maybe same as last this morning 1445 Novello Shear. 1 W 200 off port - well seen 1545 Red-tailed T.B. 1 40 ft unmature 1720 Christmas Island (?) Shearwater 1 NE WT to 5 ft. small all dark shearwater going directly away from the ship about 100 yds. when first observed 1725 Shearwater/ petrel 2 1751 Sooty Shearwater 1 N silver lining shining in sunlight 400 into sun ? 800 to starboard - large sculling 1757 Wedgetails 1 W 1758 Sooty Shear. 1 N silver lining dark phase ? 1800 Sooty Shear 1 N 1802 Wedgetails 1 1815 Wedgetails 2 NE dark phase 1845 end observations