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OBSERVERS:
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
Date 14 Dec 67
Pg.# 1
Ship
Direction
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0730
31 Begins obs.
Dolphins riding bow (4) ca 6RT
1155 5 hum/pkt 1 Pink pattern like that of
Cone pigeon - white neck, belly &
under tail. Head covered by th.
Flight - little if any flapping - arching
to 25 ft over slow, low current angle.
swim turning at turns and arcs
executed more slowly than by land
Pigeonman . RTD
1158 Dolphin 1
1156 S Larkred 1 J
1211 Pink-footed 1 ?
Shoreline.
8th Poor visibility -
1217 Scout 2 ?
1231 Fulmar 1 ? SW
1232 " 2 ? SW albiphase
5
1237 N.Phalacroptus 1 ? 1 blk, 1 white
sitting
1237 Eared Dube 2 ? acting by patchy floating belly
1252 Shear-pet 1 J WNW - dark
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66