R.D. Gossin Journal 1965 7th day at sea (Grid area) 8 July. 3:30 p.m. So far have collected 3 Red- tailed Tropicbirds and 1 mostly torn One flock of ca. 40 birds, not seen - counted. As now appeared it, fish could no seen jumping from the water. Shortly afterwards a large school of fish (ave. 2 1/2 ft long) could be seen swimming just beneath the surface. The weather today, has been clear with little wind - hot. Birds again, today, are few and far between. 8th day at sea (Grid area) 9 July 8:20 p.m. Have been running in a NE direction up one leg of the grid all day. This NE direction is very bad for birds; a 16 or more knot wind is hitting the ship almost directly and allows for bad visibility, plus all observations must be done from the flying bridge because of heavy wash over the foredecks. This, of course, almost eliminates collecting. Only one bird collected today - a Red-tailed Tropic bird which, daylight, buzzed toward evening. Birds appear to be slightly fewer in this grid. I believe the bad visibility connects with the wind is actually cutting our sighting records down con- R.D. Gossin Journal 1965 5th day at sea (Grid area) 9 July rough sea is not especially bad, but the actual stuffing of specimens is most aggravating with winds, continually sifting feathers and every object sliding about the room including the persons working. "If these skins consort bad, and I presume they will, I would suggest total skinning while on cruise, with complete foot renewal etc. and freezing the skins to be made up in part. If this is at all feasible, the quality of the skins could be improved many times. 7th day at sea (Grid area) 10 July Traveled SW most of the day and so had good observation, plus good collecting. Since the wind is predominantly from the NE, these SW runs are drastically different from the NE ones. Going into the wind makes observations very difficult in that there is enough wind movement to cause device vibrations, thus seriously impairing distant sight. On NE runs the bird is generally under heavy spray and thus collecting is practically nil from the flying bridge. Several wild