Lat. 41. [degrees] 35 ' N.
Lon. 54 [degrees] 33' W.
Run 451 M.
June 15
  A. M. High, broken clouds, steel gray sea nearly
calm but with moderate irregular swells.
P. M. Fresh N. W. breeze after 3 o'clock. Sea rising
Clouds rolling up in E. like a curtain & sun finally coming out.
  On deck from 7.30 to 1 P.M. Mother Cary's
chickens constantly in sight often 5 or 6 at 
once flying about precisely like Swallows now &
then once floating on water. They avoid steamer,
rarely coming within 100 yds. and never following
her wake. Look smaller & blacker with less white
at base of tail than birds seen yesterday & day
before. Flight also seems stiffer & less graceful.
At 10 A.M. pass 3 unicolored dark Puffini
sitting on water and at noon a fourth
flying about. All doubtless P. stricklandi.
The temperature of the sea water in the baths yesterday
& to-day said to exceed 70 [degrees].
  12 to 1 P.M. four or five Pufffinus major. Mother
Cary's swarming. 2-4 P.M. Only one Mother Cary.
At 3.45 several porpoises of medium size and
a Petrel about the size of P. major with
similar narrow wings & low, scaling flight but