Field notes, v570
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Cogswell 1950 Journal 14 Apr. 16 (cont) Monterey to 8 mi. WSW Pt. Pinos again at 12:00 noon. Mrs. Dollo H. Beck & Stanley Jewett sat together on a seat just forward of the bridge and I talked with them briefly. Both of them pointed out that, positive identification of Puffinus griseus versus P. tenuirostris out of hand is risky, for the latter sp. varies greatly in amount of pale gray on underwing coverts - although averaging darker than griseus, some individuals might look like typical ones of that species. I should think, then, that a bird with definitely dark wing linings could be set down as tenuirostris (since griseus always is silvery on underwing) and the very silvery ones as griseus, with only intermediates questionable. Birds recorded from the boat (and wharf) were: Common Loon - {1 in breed. plumage between 7 to 8 mi. out. 1 m winter plumage in harbor 1 " breeding " just out of harbor, arctic Loon - few in bay; 100 est. seen at all dist. ofshore, outside of bay, most of them flying Northward in groups of 2 or 3. Cared Grebe - about 5 in harbor (breeding plumage) Black-footed Albatross - 5 to 8 seen well offshore, including 1 on return trip which was less then 2 mi. off Pt. Pinos. Sooty Shearwater - 200 est., from mouth of bay most as. at 3-5 mi. out; on out as far as and present.