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1850-New Zea. Sheen - I-S - Brilliant white breast, flanks & underlings, dark.
Grey upper, black "W" pattern, especially noticeable in wing tips. Flop, short glide,
flap routine, directional
1857 SPERM WHALE BLOW - 1 animal MANY BLOWS - SMALLISH PROB.
1904 WRSP IV Qa
1906 PHAL.SP IV S
1918 JÄEG.SP IV E
1928 WRSP IV Qa - sitting on ice
1935 STORM PET IV Qa
1945 RED PHAL - IV - calling, NOT SEEN SUNSET CLOUDS.
1959
1320 - DELPHINUS CA 50- 33% I COLLECTED
1500 - PORPOISE CA 15 ASTERN GLIMPSED
HALF TWISTS OBS., MAYBE DELPHINUS
NOT CHASED
1705- PORPOISE CA 50 4 MILES TO PORT
DELPHINOS - ACTING
NOT CHASED
1724 - WRSP-2 - W
1732 - WRSP-1 - E
1745 - Phalornis sp.-1 - - sitting on a piece of floating wood,
dabbling its bill in water (feeding?).
1759 - WRSP - 1 - N
1800 - Shear pet - C - S - white breast, darker back & upper wings;
stiff-winged flapping; alternate flop & short glide & alight on water; seemed about gull size.
Shear pet - 1 - N - looked like alone, but was widely separated.
White breast, light grey back & upper wings;
dark "W" pattern in wings; maybe a.
→ Cook's petrel, but seemed too large & flight
not erratic; much closer than above 6.
1875 - Jaega sp. - 2 - - On water, flushed to N as ship approached.
I saw mottled breast & one M mottled grey-blue
breast, - neither had
elongated tail feathers & black cap
Pg#3