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005
Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
P. J. Goule
Date 29 June, 1967
Pg. # 1
SPECIMEN
or
Semrao 0627
Begin observations: 0625
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0638 [illegible] 1 @ — no molt
0727 " 1 S — distant
0727 " 1 S — very distant
0737 Pterodroma 1 N —
0750 VO —
0820 06. Sew.
0837 Small 1 SW — while below appears to have black head but no
black underwing border, #3 but not observed
well enough to be sure
0852 [illegible] 1 on H20 — black underwing border, not quite a thrid
as a Black-winged petrel - mold present
0852 [illegible] 1 @ — flushed by ship - but a rich brown
0912 Phoenix/or 1 on H20 —
[illegible]
1030 VO —
1425 Observ.
1443 Harcourts/or 6 on — 1425 ship moving, slow for plankton tow
1436 resume full speed
flew like Harcourts, broad white wings
tail spurs fails
flew blackish (white wing) more like Harcourts
1507 Harcourts/or 1 @ — difficult smaller & bold-like slight very different when
seen together
1515 Harcourts? 6@ @ — Very good look of our bird which wound up
Storm Petrel with a dark brown tail
Wilsons/or Escalated very
Elliotts S.R.
1544 Harcourts/or 2 @ — around garbage just dumped overboard
1548 Storm Petrel 2 @ — in front of ship
1556 Harcourts/or 1 @ —
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66