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Charles A. Ely
December 11, 1963
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1054 - Wedgetail - 2 SW
1329 - " 1 S
1330 - change course to NW
1352 - Bonin Petrel 1 NW
1405 - Wedgetail 1 NE
1410 - Bonin Petrel 1 NW
1428 - White-tailed Tropicbird - 1 NW
1615 - Red-footed Booby 1 NW
1639 - Resumed cours and speed.
1700 - Wedgetail 2 NE
1715 - White-necked ? Petrel 1 NW "100 yards off bow. Appeared as if under wing linings were all dark, very large almost appeared jaeger-like. Whitish head-stoud." DB. (tunidade petrel ?)
1725 - Harcourt's Storm Petrel - 1 NW
1748 - Red-footed Booby - 1 NE
1800 - change course to SW
1818 - Wedgetail 1 SE
1845 - Red-footed Booby - 1 SW
1855 - " " 1 SW
1905 - secured bird watch.
Sula sula - FN 0441. Collected by Bob Fleet from YAG 39 at 1615. Female - ovary 18 by 3 mm. Ova minute. Weight 1152 gm. Heavy fat. Data by King and Ely. Skin by Ely.
Soft part colors - Bill - dusky black at tip - rest of bill flesh. Colored with much dark (dusky) mottling. Bare area around eye purplish blue; gular area faint lavender; gape bluish white. Iris grayish yellow.