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Gould. P. J. 
1905— At Sea 
August 8 , 196^— Pacific Ocean, Grid Area 
Sighted large flock of birds (ca 100+) milling bbout. 75+ Sooty 
Terns, 25+ Shearwaters and Petrels (enc lading 1 Wedge-tailed and 1 
Christmas Island at least). 10-15 Sooty LTerns flew part, none had tags. 
Qs the ship approached the flock (ca 1000-2000 yards, all of the 
Booties rose higher into the air and proceeded to fly in a ste 
procession to the SW. Evidently the ship had seared the school of 
fish and the birds left fear greener pastures.’ 
The Shearwaters broke up into l’a and 2*s and scattered. 
The flock was staying primarily in the area of a rain cloud shadow. 
We would see no fish jumping, 
0006—1 Benin Island Petrel? 0 
0011—2 Sooty Terns? heading HE 75' 
0024—1 ” " ? heading HE 25* 
0042—1 " " ? heading HE 150’ 
* ' ’ , • .... . - ■ - - ■ - . ■ .-i . . ’ ; •- * • 
0118—1 Basin Island Petrel? 
0155—1 Bonin Island Petrel 0 
915&— 1 Sooty Tern? heading SE 100’ 
0147—1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 0 beading E 
0205—5 " " " or Sooty Terns? 20' up 
0255 — 1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater cflJE 
0840—1 " tt " ? 
0251—1 Laysan Albatross 10' overhead heading S 
0508—1 Sooty Tern 
05&5— 1 Sooty Tern 
0612—2 " " heading HE 70' 
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0655~-l Tropicbird HE <5 * e 200-250' 
