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17*6 - Red -footed Booby - 1 probably same as 171 ; 
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1824 > Harcourt • s Storm Petrel 1 HE - 20-3 
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R^~foafc@ti Booby 1 SW (see later) 
1833 - Wedgetail 1 HE 
- Bed-footed Booby 1 HE 
« Secured bird watch. 
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of birds seen. Fee* example from 1 to 3 Albatrosses were near the ship 
most of the day yet I have no idea how many birds were actually 
represented . The evening Red-footed Booby records probably all refer 
to the same bird. It was kept in sight for many minutes at a time. 
Even the Wedgetails seemed to follow the ship more frequently and more 
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consistently than usual. We wonder whether the presence of the albatrosses 
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the to remain mar the ship. The wedgetails were again "immature" birds- 
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contrastingly marked on the back - a@ain we saw both typical wedgetail 
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fl «f and our so called "practice flights" . Most birds flopped more 
thapf usual and often with a very light wing tip (almost a flutter). 
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bird was seen soaring at least 50 ft. above the waterwith albatrosses. 
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