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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
AT SEA DAILY LOG - E
OBSERVERS:
Ship
Direction
Date 23 April 1967
Pg.# 1
SPECIMEN
or
TIME SPECIES # DIR. BAND NO. REMARKS
0544
SUNRISE, begin observations
0600 s/s/ 1 NW light underwings
0615
sparm Whale - 1 breaching: ca. 3/4 of body
0749 Bird 1 came out of H2O.
0752 P cookii ? 1
close- very white underwing, con-color head; back, distinct "W" pattern, white patches on dorsal surface of wing probably caused by molt. Flight distinctive - a cross tween pterodroma and p. puffinus.
0756 P cookii 1
33-24 125-36/
0813 " 1 same marks as 0752 except less white on upper wing
0827 R Phal 1 distant, but brilliant white underwing
0836 Pterno. op. 1
0859 Phal. sp. 1
distant; distinct white patches on dorsal surface of primaries
1027 sth. Pterodroma 1
1030 P cookii ? 5 on H2O
1130
change course to 180
1222 B. Phal 1 on H2O
1230 " 1
" "
1304 WRSP 1
1317 BFA 1
1344 WRSP 1
1440 s/s/ 1 W
1450 BFA 1
1512 WSF cull TZL
1600 WRSP 1 on H2O
1615 WRSP P cookii ? 2 3 on H2O
1640 R. Phal. 1
1700
cc ToE .
1705 BFA 1 Following
1827 WRSP 1 following
1830 BFA 1
1850 Phalo, 40, 1
SUNSET; close to.
SI-MNH-958-e
Rev. 5-66