EAC 26, Jordan, October-December 1967
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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