1894
April 21
At Sea
Dead Reckoning at noon.
  Most of the day cloudy with a fresh S.W. wind
and rugged following sea. Late in the afternoon
the sun came out and the wind changed to West.
There were several heavy showers during the day.

  When I came on deck at 8 o'clock at least
fifty Wilson's Petrels were following our wake and
still others were flying about aimlessly over the
ocean. I have never seen so many at one time before.
They followed us during the entire forenoon and
up to about 3 P.M. after which I saw only an
occasional straggler.
  In the early morning there was also a fine
Pomarine Jaeger following the ship and behaving
precisely like a Gull coming up to within 20 yds.
of the stern at times and when any food was
thrown overboard alighting on the water to eat
it, in this way often falling a mile or more astern
but quickly overtaking us again. I made out the
characteristic shape of the elongated tail feathers by
the aid of my glass & with perfect certainty.
This bird followed us for an hour or more.

  Soon after the Pomerine Jaeger left us we were joined
by five smaller birds which I took to be [delete] Long
tailed Jae [/delete] Richardson's Jaegers. They resembled the
Pomarine closely in general behaviour & appearance &
kept with us during the remainder of the forenoon.
All these Jaegers are curiously intermediate in flight
- as well as in certain respects - between