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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Crossin
Date 9 March 1868
Pg.# 1
Ship
Direction
SPECIMEN
or
BAND NO.
TIME
SPECIES
#
DIR.
REMARKS
0638
begin obs.
0709
Bird
1
N
an weird pigeon - aged black + white bird
0430
flying along with continuous wing
0745
beats about like a tern - white below,
0755
Phalacrocorax
1
evening until
mottled black + white above.
0800
large
on station
1640
leave station
1650
begin obs'
1651
WRESP
4
NN
1717
Phalaropus
1
SE
1816
sunset
SI-MNH-958-e
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