1891.
June 16
(No. 2)
Atlantic Ocean.
Lat. 43 [degrees] 15' N. Lon 45 [degrees] 0' W. (at noon).
  At about noon a Fulmar came within 75 yds.
of us giving me a fine view. It appeared to be 
wholly of a light ashy gray color which in some 
lights looked nearly white. Flight precisely like
that of a Puffinus. 
   At 7.30 P.M. while standing in the bow
suddenly saw a bird swimming directly in
our path. The cut-water of the ship was certainly
within ten yards of it when it took wing, first
running a short distance on the surface then
going off before the wind alternately flapping
and scaling [?] in the manner of the 
Greater Shearwater. It was scarce half as large
as Puffinus major but similar in "build"
with black or blackish crown, a white collar
around the neck, mottled brown & grayish
back, dark wings with all the quills white tipped,
and white belly. I have never seen anything
just like it before.