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Direction
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RU JORDAN: EASTROPAC
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Harrington
Date 23 Oct. '67
Pg.# 4
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
1540 weird bird
Shear/Pet.
Larger than wedge tail: all dark underwing,
dark chest. Dorsal wing and back brown, belly and
breast brown, underwing all dark. Not Phoenix/Tahiti.
P. cretopus - size; in rain squall.
1545
stop for oceanography station
RESUME OBSERVATIONS: 10 KNOTS SOUTH
1800
1805 WRSP 1 SE NOT LEACH'S
1807 Leach's
Harc./Wils 1 NW div. line somewhat seen
1810 WRSP 1 NW noticeably smaller than Leach
1815
Entering rain squall
1817 WRSP 1 SE
1820 Leach's 1 NW div. line seen
1822 WTS 1
light.
1830 Storm Pet 1
1840 WRSP 1
Sunset, close observations
Total sea birds: 250 + 26 land birds
miles: 7-20 nm
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66