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Moon - 4°32'5-82'03W
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
SPECIMEN
or
BAND NO.
REMARKS
TIME
SPECIES
#
DIR.
0900-1800
Wilson's
S.P.
200
Rel 3
Cape Pigeon
(Daption
chryseus)
10
?
1
Cape Pigeons 20
(Sooty S.P.)
2
O. marthami
Houbrj's S.P.
1
Wilson's
2
Gadfly type
Red-capped
Sooty Shearwater
Rel 3
Sula
variegata
5
E-SE
Terns
2
NNE
Brown Boobies 15
[illegible]
260
1000's of pilot whales seen
throughout day-from ship to
horizon in all directions.
flying about surface particularly
bird wake.
flying about ship ½ in wake.
small grey bird-med. size - black wing
bars
(throughout day 1 or 2-5 in a
[illegible]
more probably-Sooty Shearwater
maybe Kermadec Petrel ? sitting on
surface - flying off as ship approached.
individuals
unid.- one gray upper parts, white
under; black capped head; other
same but w/ black bandson upper
side wings
Group. porpoises 600 yd off stern
moving S.E.
5 HR OBS
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66