CHARLES A. BLY December 7 15 Soft parts colors--(7 hours after death) - bill dusky orange, brighter orange at base, and lower edge of lower mandible, nares black with dusky streak extending to tip. gape flesh, tarsus and 1/5 base of toes bluish-white; rest of toes and web black. Molt--Primaries - 1. - starting to break sheath, 1 2 - 6 - new, 17 - 1/2 length: 18-10 old. Right wing - same pattern. Tail - 1 - 1, 2,4 - new; 3, 5, 6 - old, 7 - 2 in. out of sheath. ^1, 2, 3, 7 - new; 6 - 3/4 full length; 3 - 5 - old. Secondary 15 - just breaking sheath- rest new. Moderate, general body molt. December 8-1963 Warm - moderate winds, fairly calm seas (or few whitecaps - few scattered showers. Captain admitted cutting corners on the grid last night. Will check fix tonight to see how much. 0700 - observations began 0755 - stopped for plankton sample 0826 - Red-tailed Tropicbird - 1 NE 0837 - resumed course from plankton sample 0843 - Pterodroma sp. 1 NW 0903 - Red-tailed Tropicbird - 1 NE 0955 - Pterodroma sp. 1 NW 1100 - Wedgetail 1 NW 1240 - Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 SE : 1329 - seabird sp 3 SE 1337 - Pterodroma sp. 1 E