Ship Direction E SE 120° SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF BIRDS AT SEA DAILY LOG - E OBSERVERS: R. S. C. Date 22 Feb. 1968 Pg.# 1 TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS 0647 Sunrise - Begin Obs. Clearsky, W W at ca. 7 knots. 0708 Wedge tail 1 NE Cabo de San Lucas just to L of Rising Sun. 0747 Shear-fet 1 SE Lightphase. 0752 Larus go 1 E all dark, small petrel size. 0803 " " 1 CQ 1st yr. Bird. 0812 " " 1 CQ " 2 now circling ship. 0841 Puffinus auricularis NW this is definitely a different race than the Manx 0948 Frigates 2 QO do Q's Seen last few days, Manx is much browner without "rump patches". This bird was very black, with definite "rump patches" like Newells in C. Pacific. 0958 manx shear 1 N definitely no "rump patches"; browner than 0841 bird. 1002 " " 1 N 1007 wh.rumped St.Petrel 1 S too farout to get a good look, fast flight. Fall. 1012 Black Petrel 2 CQ following ship; ID by light dorsal pattern, underwings, forked tail, size & flight. 1018 " " 3 W Joined other two. Fork-tailed Petrel 1 N with 5 blacks W.R.S.P 1 NW 1037 Frigate 1 ad. Q., dove at a small fish which was chased to surface by a dolphin (mahi mahi). 1045 P.puffinus auricularis! passing back & forth in wake, white "rump patches" 1048 " " 2 joined 1045 bird. 1103 Leach's S.P. 1 CUE white rump w/ considerable black extending posteriorly into white area centrally. 1130 split for lunch. 1200 return to watch. 1207 WRS P 1 following wake, blacks have split. 1223 P.puffinus auricularis 1 NW white "rump patches", very dark black. 1230 split for paper work 1530 open watch 1550 Black Petrels 2 following wave. 1600 " " 1 " " 1600 WRS P 1 " " 1620 Bl-faded Booby 1 S subad. got views, close. SI-MNH-958-e Rev. 5-66