Husted, Dayle N. 
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on our bookwork that has fallen behind. I skinned a Dark rumped Petrel. It 
was a male with very small testes, 5 mm. Another thing that surprised me was 
how little fat there was on the bird. The ship wircled a log several times 
today and 19 dolphins were caught. 
July 27, 1964 : Today Dark rumped Petrel, White necked Petrel, Dark Wedgetails 
Sooty Terns, Bonin Is. Petrel, and Harcourts Storm Petrel were seen. The off 
watch hours were spent finishing up the books. The sea was fairly rough this 
morning, but calmed down this afternoon. Squalls were frequent today. I 
skinned another Dark rumped Petrel today. It was a male, the testes were 
7 mm by 3 mm and 9 mm by 3 mm. 
July 23, 196^ : The weather closed in until about noon. Visibility was l/7 
mile or less much of the time. This afternoon the skies cleared and many 
birds were seen. The Dark rumped Petrel numbered over 100 again. Few flocks 
were seen, but we got right in the middle of one. One Dark rumped Petrel hit 
the guy wire to the mast and flew (staggered) off wisivly shaken. Tonight 
we skinned 2 more Dark rumped Petrel. They were both females with ovaries 
9x7 and l7 x 3 (i better check on that). The fallicles were well developed 
in the one I skinned. They were not so well developed in the one Warren 
skinned. Eyes were also found in one of the birds stomach (Warrens). The 
oceanographer (David 0.) thought they might be squid eyeballs. 
July 26, 1967 : The visibility was good today, but the number of birds dropped 
off greatly. We saw 3 new birds today, the Christmas Is. Shearwater, the 
Kermadec Petrel, and Audubons Shearwaters. This morning a Newells Shearwater 
was seen off the stern, but collection was impossible. 
