THURS. 19 FEB. 1953 8:30 BOOBY - UPPER WINGS + BODY - ALL BROWN, WHITE UNDERPTS; WHITISH AROUND BILL. 5 OR LAUGHING GULLS FOLLOWING, NONE W. DARK HEAD. ALSO AT LEAST 7 JAEGERS, JUST LEAVING HEADLANDS OF GULF OF PANAMA BEHIND. LOOKS VERY MOUNTAINOUS. COURSE 240°. 10:45 AM HAVE BEEN IN BOW FOR 1/2 HR. - 2 SMALL, LONG-WINGED BIRDS (PETRELS?) DINGY BROWNISH-BLACK ALL OVER, NO SIGN OF WHITE; WING-FLIPPING + DARTING LIKE SMALL NIGHT-HAWK; CLOSE OVER WAVES. ANOTHER SEEMED TO HAVE BLACK & WHITE MARKINGS ON HEAD. BOTH SPECIES TOO DISTANT. MET 1 FREIGHTER BOUND IN TO CANAL "CONDESA" - LONDON - WHITE MALTESE CROSS & RED BAND. STRONG FOLLOWING WIND. CLEAR, SOME CIRRUS IN SKY. BOAT & FIRE DRILL AT 10:20. NAPPED AFTER LUNCH FROM 11:30 - 4:00 NO SHIP MOTION LAT. 6°-27'N; LONG. 81°-21'W. DIST. 201 MI. ST TIME 12 HR. 35 MIN. AV. SP. 15.96 WIND N 4 SED MODERATE N. LIGHT AIRS + SLIGHT SEA IN P.M. TO BRISBANE 7504 MI.; TO BALBOA 201 6:15 P.M. RAN THRU SCHOOL OF 150-200 SMALL TUNA. A GREAT WHIRL OF GANNETS (BOOBIES?), FRIGATE BIRDS, SHEAR-WATERS, PETRELS FEEDING IN SAME AREA. AT LEAST 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT KINDS PETRELS (LARGE BLT WHITE; MED. & SMALL BLT WH.; SMALL DARK). ONLY 2 LAUGHING GULLS LEFT; HAD DISAPPEARED BY 9:00. ICE CREAM FOR DINNER. (SEE MENU) STOPL CHEST OPEN. BOUGHT PACKAGE OF LIFE-SAVERS FOR N.G. TALKED WITH VARIOUS CREW. ALL HAVE READ ARTICLES ON NATURAL HISTORY AND HAVE SOME INTEREST BUT ALL HAVE A STOCK OF MISINFORMATION.