1891.
June 15
Atlantic Ocean.
Lat. 41 [degrees] 35' N. Lon. 54 [degrees] 33' W. run 451 miles.
A.M. High-floating, broken clouds, steel gray sea
nearly calm but with moderate, irregular swells.
On deck constantly from 7.30 A.M. to 1 P.M.
Mother Carey's Chickens continually in sight, often
five or six at once, flying about precisely like Swallows,
now & then one floating on the water. The[y] avoided
the steamer rarely coming within 100 yds. and 
never following the wake. They appeared smaller
and blacker with less white at the base of the
tail than the birds seen yesterday and the day
before, and their flight seemed stiffer & less graceful.
I suppose they were Procellaria Pelagica.
  At 10 A.M. we passed three dark, unicolored
Puffini sitting on the water and at noon a
fourth flying about. These were doubtless all
Puffinus Stricklandi.
12 [P.] M. to 1 P.M. The small Petrels above mentioned
seen literally in swarms during this hour.
Four or five Puffinus major also noted.
P.M. Fresh N.E. breeze after 3 o'clock with rising
sea. Clouds rolling up in the E. like a curtain
and the sun finally appearing.
2-4 o'clock. Only one small Petrel. At 3.45
several Porpoises of [?] seen and a Petrel
about as large as Puffinus major with similar
narrow wings and low scaling flight but with
a big head, short stout bill and generally light