! 
i 
27 
Charles A. Ely 
"i9o3, December 16 
* > 
b > 
1425 - Har court ' s Storm Petrel 
flock vJedgetail ; ? 
unidentified petrel 
1 
2,5 ; 
1 dark brown above; wings dark 
below with large (long) white 
pattern - not distinettcircle 
as in Kermadec . CAE. 
142/ - Hioenix Island Petrel ? IN brown not black under wings WK 
1450 - Phoenix Is lad Petrel 1 1 HE probably above bird. Looked very 
chueky. Dark brown above# white 
below; mottled brown and white 
under wings. Coa. 
1435 - Sooty Tern 1 Ne 
1452 - Harcourt’s Storm Petrel 1 Ne 
| I 1 ] ' * 
1457 - White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Ne 
■ " •• • 
i>40 - Sea bird sp. ? 9 2-3 miles off starboard - high above horiizon - 
frigates or terns - most likely the latter. 
1644 - Wedgetail 1 NSW 
1743 - Wedgetail - 1 
flock Fairy Tern 1 NW 
Sooty Tern 16 
1838 - secured bird watch. 
December 17 
Coll; moderate NE wind; low 
very long loose floel; not feeding. 
12 sootiee very high up* 
y 
4 
;! 
\ 
t 
\ 
sea; no white caps; partly cloudy. 
Occasional showers during night. 
0645 - watch started 
0730 - black- footed albatross 1 
0942 - white-tailed tropicbird 1 
1012 - black- footed albatross 1 
