Lat. 42-22 N.
Lon. 68020 W.
At Sea.  Run 314 M.
Sunday.
1891.
Sept. 27.   
  A heavenly day the sky cloudless and of a particularly,
tender blue, the air warm, the sea absolutely without swells and
ruffled only a light N.E. wind. It was literally as smooth
as a small lake in summer.

  Early this morning I heard four pistol shots. A moment
later Elliott appeared at our stateroom and said that the Captai
was shooting at a large Hawk which was sitting on the yard. I
dressed hastily and went on deck but the bird was gone. Judging
by description it must have been an Osprey.

  There was a Junco flitting about the steamer alighting in
the rigging and Elliott says he saw two at once earlier. At 9 A.
M. a large butterfly came aboard. At 10.30 a fine [female] Duck Hawk
came about us and chased our Junco into the rigging then sheered
off without alighting.

  We took a pilot aboard early in the forenoon.

  Just after lunch 2 Duck Hawks, an ad. [female] and a young [male],
alighted in our rigging one on a yard, the other on a wire brace
They remained here the entire afternoon, paying no attention to
the various smaller birds which were flying about the decks and
rigging. Of the latter I saw a Junco, Red-eyed Vireo, Redstart,
Palm Warbler (palmarum verus [deleted]virous[/deleted]) and Kingfisher. All except the
last alighted. There were also two Pigeon Hawks flying about us.