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DATE 19 May 64
Pg.# 1
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0610 Begin observation
0611 Sooty Shear 1 NW
0620 Sooty Shear 1
Widgeon 4
BWP Bonin Bldg 1
0623 [illegible] Herringbill sp? 1 S
0700 [illegible] sp. 1 W
0730 Pale Tinted Tripel Shear/Pet 1 SW
0748 Sooty Shear 10
Shearwater 3
Booby/Tropicbird 3
0750 Newell's S 2 S
0759 B-F Booby 1 S
0810 Newell's S. 1 W
0817 Shearwater/Petrel 1 W
0829 Bulwer's P. 1 N
0834 Petrel sp. 4 N
Widgeon sp. 1
0842 Newell's S. 1 E
0850 Shearwater/ Petrel 1 N
0855 [illegible] Herringbill SP? 1 N
0905 Widgeon 2 S
0906 Sooty Shear 2 NW
0937 Sooty Shear 1 N
0943 Sooty Shear 1 NW
0950 Bulwer's P. 1 N
0955 B-F Booby 1 E
0959 Petrel sp. 1 NW
in small flock travel
found landed in good condition adult
flock at a very great distance
called Booby sp.
1mm
small - Bonin To P. sp? - very fast flying, scaled to 25ft + glided at near that height for several seconds - white underparts - light grey upperparts
small, Bonin-sized, very out
small flock
40
83
36
113
seen by until
sub adult
Brown upperparts - white head - mottled brown underwing with white splatches-white belly