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Transcription
Dr. Charles A. Ely
December 3, 1963
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1412 - wedgetail ? 1
1412 - black-footed albatross 3
1427 - wedgetail. 1 (see later summary)
1428 - " 1 " " "
1430 - " 1 " " "
1438 - pomarine jaeger 2 NW
1448 - bottle-nosed dolphin (David Acr) - 110 counted, 200 est.
first northwest then south. All black - constantly jumping out
of water straight up, coming down sharply on abdomen.
1453 - Pomarine jaeger 2
1514 - masked booby 1 NE
1514 - Wedgetail 1-------prob. same bird (see summary)
black-footed albatrosses 8 following ship
1529 -pomarine jaeger - 4 circling aft.
black-footed albatrosses 7 following ship
pomarine jaegers 5 " "
wedgetail 4 " "
1600 - black-footed albatross - 1 - collected on land line
1619 - wedgetail (see summary later) E'
1630 - Pomarine jaeger 3
1648 - Following birds on water or in air off fantail
Pomarine jaeger - 6
Shearwater (wedgetail) - 5
Black-footed Albatrosses - 13
1700 - Wedgetail 13 - sitting and circling stern.
1703 - pomarine jaeger 8