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DATE 4 June 64
Pg.# 1
SW
W
N
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NE
E
NW
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
0526 Newell's 8 1 by watch
0525 Bulwesi P 1 by watch
0555 begin observation
0556 B.F. Albat 3 following ship
0602 Sooty Tern 1 E adult
0630 Bonin P.? 1 watch
0655 Wedgetail 2 SE both dark
0713 D.& Peters? 1 NW
I light colored "W" across wings like a
wedgetail, white on undertail coverts & under tail,
may have had white forehead, very slow
wingbeats almost like wedgetail — dark above, white
below. (First sight New Zealand Shrimps)
circled ship - adult
all four seen at once
0745 R-T Tropibird 2 S
0750 R-T Tropibird 2 NE
0753 Bulwesi P 1 S
0800 Harecourt SP. 2 N
0802 Wedgetail 1 SW
0805 Sooty Tern 1 SE
0817 Sooty Tern 2 S
0828 Newell's 1 SW
0830 Black Footed
Albatross 4 following ship
0842 Harecourt SP. 1 SE
0850 Sooty Tern 1 W
0855 Red-footed Booby 1 NW
0857 Sooty Tern 15 ± 2
0900 Black-footed A. 5
swell feeding flocks
in water around ship during hydro
adult
1020 Sooty Tern 1 NE
1033 Tropibird 1
1038 R-T Tropibird 1 S
1044 Bulwesi P 1 SE
1046 R-T Tropibird 3 E adult
1107 Wedgetail 1 NE light
1114 Christ do. S 1 N
1124 Sooty Tern 2 W