Red-footed Booby 
1 
Gould, 
1964 
J anuary ^--Pacific Ocean, 2nd day out Oahu, Hawaiian I. 
One individual was seen today at 1229 flying ca. 30' over the water and 
heading ENE. 
This was almost an adult bird but still had some brownish throughout tail. 
J anuary 6 — Pacific Ocean, 4th day out Oahu, Hawaiian I. 
6 birds seen today. One adult, a subadult and 3 juveniles. 1 juv. and 1 
subadult were collected. 
From 1727 until 1737 there were 3 birds flying arund together. They were always 
very close together. 1 adult, 1 subadult and 1 juvenile. The adult and the 
juvenile were seen at 1716 and were probably joined by the subadult shortly after we 
first lost sight of them. These three birds were flying ar und at the same time a 
subadult booby was collected but they were quite far away from this bird. 
About 1810 just before it was too dark to see, a booby that was probably of this 
species spent 5 minutes trying to land on the ship. It made repeated runs of 2 
high masts on the ship. 
January 7.- -Pacific Ocean, 5th day out Oahu, Hawaiian I. 
2 Imm. collected. One of them (l402) had a flying fish in its bill when 
it was picked up and had probably tried to regurgitate it. 
January 8- -Pacific Ocean, 6th day out Oahu, Grid Area 
3 birds seen today, 2 at 1230 and one at 1817 . 
The one at 1817 circled over the ship several times as if trying to land 
and roost on the rear mast. 
J anuary 9- -Pacific Ocean, 7th day out Oahu, Grid Area 
10 birds seen today. 3 collected. 
January 10- -Pacific Ocean, 8th day out Oahu, Grid Area 
4 birds seen today , 3 1mm. and 1 adult. 
