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DATE Apr 64
Pg.#
N.W. N N.E.
W S E
S.W. S S.E.
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0615 begin observations
0550 Black-foot A 1
0620 Shearwater petrel 1
seen by watch
seen indistinctly
0636 [illegible] SP. 1 →
Type B
0640 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
3/4 mile off starboard
0641 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
seen by watch
0642 Sooty Shear 1 NW
700 astern - silver lining seen
0700 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1000 yds off bow
1500 yds. of bow
0852 Sooty Shearwater 3 NW
seen by watch
0948 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1046 Shearwater/ petrel 1 W
cheetah slip - seen by watch
within 50 yds. of ship
1104 Laysan Albatross 1 E
1200 Sooty Shear? 1 N
came very close to ship - seen by watch
1227 Black-foot A 1
A departed
1616 Sooty Shear 2 NW
other seen
1630 Black-foot A 1
1641 [illegible] 1 NW
D
Phalarope or wandering
seen by watch
1650 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
800-1000 off starboard
1657 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1 mile to port bow
1712 Sooty Shear? 1 NW
1755 Sooty Shearwater 3 NW
seen by watch
1815 end observations