1891.
Sept 25
(No 3)
Grand Banks. - noticed that whenever one spouted
or rolled out of water the Fulmars collected
about the spot.
  Both Fulmars and Shearwaters disappeared rather
suddenly and absolutely completely at about 4.30
P.M. and hence some time before sunset. I am
inclined to think that we left them behind
us or, in other words, that we passed, at
about this time, the western limits of the
areas over which they are at present distributed.
The last that I saw were flying about in
the usual manner and there was no indication
of any flight to a roosting or "bedding" ground.
  I was much surprised at the apparent
total absence of small Petrels from this area.
I looked for them long and carefully but
did not see a single bird. Nor did I see
any Gulls or Jaegers.