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Ship
Direction
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 16 Aug
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0637
0645 Stompl nest 1√ N
0653
0705 D E S P 1√ N
0715 StompL 1√ 888
0724 BFA 2
0745
0815
0830 STORM PET .20+
0945
0955 DRSP 2√ ∞e
1020 WESP 1√ ∞e
1050
1055 STORM PVT 2√ ∞e
SH beyond abo.
I Physeter catidem - blow against wind angle.
Wing → [illegible]
Following - just arrived; 1 duck flt'd
Pardonca Isl 2 - dub - no blow
Drown mertill & poorly shaped - small in water.
DELPHINUS 5 RIDING BOW,
I SHOT"AT", ( HIT AND BREEDING
PROFOSELY ALL WHITE DORSAL- sky to some degree
LOST ANIMAL AFTER SEARCH IN
BOSTON WHETLEN -(COVER)
FROM SHIFT, MANY ALL DARK
BIRDS
SITTING ON H2
15-20 PORPOISE AT FIRST SIGHTING
THEY ALL LEPT UP IN A BUNCH
HEADING AWAY FROM SHIP
SMALLISH - DARK TO MIDLINE DORSAL
HIGH & NARROW BELOW WHITE
FOLLOWED ABEAM AT 1/3-2/3 mi.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66