assumed NW Ship Direction SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: RLPyle Date Sept. 11, 1967 Pg.# 1 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 1220 Dolphin 8 SE Passing apparit clinedion from ship - tight group - arcing only halfway out of water, except once when one leaped completely clear and fell back in on his right side. This one had white belly in approximate pattern of delphinus. Otherwise, all black above. Between 1200-1300, following species seen, though complete tally of numbers was not kept Brown Pelican - [illegible] Cormorant (Brandt or Double-crested, not pelagic) Western Gull Wh-rudded St. Petrel - 1 5/8 Shearwater - 1 (before 1240) all travelling -2 at 1240 -3 at 1250 Total 6 Sea lion - 1 1303 Pelican 2 1324 W. Gull 4 1325 Sabine Gull 1 1329 W. Gull 3 1335 Sterna-sp 4 1336 Sterna-sp 2 Sterna - size and flight of Common/Arctic/Forster type - Some with black caps - others with only black hindcrown, nape and cheeks remaining - None seen with black eyemark of winter Forster. Some with noticeably long outer tail feathers, others with straight cut tails. Bill color generally not seen, but not bright red or yellow. 1336 W. Gull 2 1340 Shearwater-sp? 1 N Probably Sooty in size & flight, but too distant in sun to be sure underparts weren't pale. Not a flock Innum - alone - not really more "smudgy" than others - passed very close to ship, finally crossing bow - White forehead, complete dark band across hindcrown and nape - eye-to-eye. Distinct dark mark along upper leading edge of proximal third of wing. (This usually considered diagnostic for Innum Common). Bill very dark reddish at basal 2/3's, outer 1/3 blade. Flushed from water - no wing mark as above, but white forecrown. 1353 Sterna sp 1 1402 W. Gull 1 1403 Sterna 1 1407 Sabine Gull 5 N SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66