Irish Sea.
Queenstown to Liverpool.
1909
Aug. 4 [August 4, 1909]
(No. 4)
  In the late afternoon we saw Manx Shearwaters in 
much greater numbers than before. For two hours or more
they were constantly in sight, flying low over the water, all
heading for the English coast. I must have seen at least
three or four hundred during this period. Most of them
were bounding up into the air in the manner already described
but very many that flew in this way swung invariably
to one side only & that to the right, ie to windward.
At distances beyond 300 or 400 yards they could be seen
only when they turned their white underparts in our direction.