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37° 58' 45" north; longitude 70"" 23' 30" west; 10 A. M.; temperature 

 of air 52" F.; light west wind; sky partly clear; sea moderate. 

 Some Gannets and Phalaropes seen. Latitude 38"" 04' 30" north; 

 longitude 74"" 19' 30" west; 11 A. M.; temperature of air 50'' F.; 

 gentle west by southwest breeze; sky partly clear; sea moderate. A 

 few small flocks of Phalaropes seen this forenoon. Latitude 38° 18' 

 30" north; longitude 73° 51' 30" west; 7 P. M.; temperature of air 

 47" F.; wind variable, gentle; sky partly clear; sea smooth. Phala- 

 ropes have been seen all day in scattering flocks of three or four to 

 a dozen or so. They are less abundant than they were at first. 



April 24. Southwest by south 5.5 miles from latitude 38^^ 11' 

 30" north; longitude 74"" 14' west; 12 M.; temperature of air 51" F.; 

 surface water 44'' F.; wind southeast by east; a moderate breeze; 

 sky clear and sea moderate. Only two or three small flocks of 

 Phalaropes observed this morning. Latitude 37' 49' 15" north; 

 longitude 74'^ 17' west; 3 P. M.; temperature of air 49" F.; gentle 

 southeast breeze; sky clear; sea moderate. A small flock of Phala- 

 ropes seen at this time. A few small flocks of three or four to six 

 or eight have been seen during the afternoon. South by southwest 

 2.7 knots from latitude 37^ 49' 15" north; longitude 74" 17' west; 4 

 P. M.; temperature of air 50'"' F.; gentle southeast by south breeze; 

 sky clear; sea smooth. Two pretty large flocks of Phalaropes seen. 

 West 6.2 miles from latitude 37° 45' 30"; longitude 74° 29' west; 6 

 P. M.; temperature of air 52° F.; moderate south by east wind; sky 

 clear; sea smooth. Very few birds of any kind were seen at the 

 eastward, but at 6 P. M. and later Phalaropes became more numer- 

 ous, flying in flocks of from two or three to fifteen or twenty. Lati- 

 tude 37° 45' north; longitude 74° 45' 30" west; 8 P. M.; temperature 

 of air 49° F.; moderate south by west wind; sky clear; sea mod- 

 erate. As we approached this locality from the eastward, the Phala- 

 ropes became more plentiful, indicating that the food found so 

 plentiful in this place was attractive to the birds. vSchools of mack- 

 erel also seen up to 9 P. M. 



April 25. Latitude 37° 41' 30" north; longitude 74° 43' 30" 

 west; II A. M.; temperature of air 54° F.; stifle south by southwest 



