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Ship
Direction
R. V. JORDAN: EASTROPAC
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Date 27 October 1967
Pg.# 1
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0645.
0720 WRSP 1 W
0730
0800
0801 Leach's 1 E
0856 JFP 2 R
Sm. pterod 2
0900 RITB 1
0950 Small Pterod. 1 SW
0954 Leach's 1
1000 P. leucopt. 3
SUNRISE: Begin observation
close obs.
resume Observations
div. line seen
Following: imm; heavy scaling on back, black bill, short
central rectrices, black flecking on Head. No Band
div. line seen
very promin. "W" pattern, black side to chest.
Underwing border quite dark, but distinct. Was
closer in pattern to P. hypol. h. than any other
leucop, 7 have seen, but lacked hash mark
on underwing. Head(crown) considerably darker
than back,
Back brown, lower,
belly white chest brown. Under-
wing dark but with heavy molt causing splatches of
light. Head much lighter(molt?) than rest of
brown body. Bill short. Flight fluttery & gliding.
div. line seen
stop for station. close obs.
resume observ: 05 KNOTS going south
dark
increase to full speed
div. line seen
sitting on H2O
1020 P. leucop. 1 SW (descript, same as 1000)
1030 " 1
1030 Leach stomp 1
1215
1225 WRSP 1 SW
1245 Kennadee P 1 NW
1300
1304 WRSP 1 NE
1320 Leach's 1
1328 JFP 1
1330 WRSP 1 W
1337 JFP 1 SW
1347 WRSP 1
1358 P. externa 1 W
1353 Leach's P 1
1405 " 1 E NE
1420
1427 Jaeyer sp 2 E
1435
light
BT STOP
resume full AP
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66