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SI-MNH-958e
7-28-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG — E
DATE 14 December
Pg.# 4
time species # dir. hgt. remarks loc.
Flock 1140 Herring Gull 20 N.E.
Gull sp 4 from
Western Gull 2 N.D.
1146 Pelican 1
1146 Black-leg Kittiwake 1 1st yr
1153 Black-leg Kittiwake 35±2
Herriing Gull 10 ±3 al.
Sooty Shearwater 5
Gull sp 5
1157 Terns 2 5
either Common or Forster's, probably
the latter since outer primaries did not
have the dark fluch of a Common, but
birds were quite a way from ship.
Animals were not coming and quarter at
all. Blow was very slack and bulbous.
They must have been small whales or porpoise.
1200 Mammalo 4 N
1220 Pelican 1 N
1226 Sooty Shearwater 1 888
1236 Gull sp 2 on H2O
1241 Sooty Shearwater 2 various
1243 " " 2
1243 " " 1
1244 Sooty Shearwater 5
Black-leg Kittiwake 20±5
bird 1
sitting on water
any how been oiled?
1250 Shorebird 2
1250 BFA/boon 1
1251 Malls 5
1253 Sooty Shear 1 E
1258 Glacous wing Gull 1 on H2O
Adults sitting on floating kelp mass
flying and ship 3-4 yrs.