180 Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E SPECIMEN or OBSERVERS: V.F. Gourd Date 20 June 1967 Pg.# 2 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0934 Dark-rumped Petrel 1 V W very bad on fork, bad border to underwing, high sealing, other wise looked like Townsend's Petrel - heavy small visible . 0935 Lench Petrel 2 4 follow Ship 0945 Black-winged Petrel 2 4 4 0950 Red-tail Petrel 1 4 over ship 0950 Beach Petrel 1 4 on 420 1007 Small Pleurodra 1 V NW 1012 Beach Petrel 1 4 4 1012 Black-wing Petrel 1 4 WOE 1012 Pleurodra 2 V 4 1030 Wedge-tail Shearwater, beach Petrel 5 4 1030 [illegible] 1 4 1030 No observations 1325 Black-wing Petrel 1 4 on H20 1353 Black-wing Petrel 1 4 on H20 1410 Shear/Petrel 1 V on H20 1430 Red-tail Petrel 1 4 over ship 1757 Beach Petrel 1 4 N Definitely sub adult - back slant with blackish areas, but yellow bill, [illegible] black spots appeared scattered slightly over wings & back. Stayed with ship at least 5 minutes. searching but moor south along sail ship. 3 light phase, 2 dark phase stayed with ship for at least 10 minutes a difficult beach's Petrel was observed at 1245. C.V. Love saw an all white bird with rather thin & pointed wings flying like a shearwater. until 1230 flew as ship approached but soon sat down again deck retrieve shot, but appeared slightly Cobred. bill yellow or pale orange. No indication of blood marks anywhere. seen by Mike SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66