Husted, Dayle N. 
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July 27--This morning was very slow, but the number of birds picked 
up this afternoon. Dark-rumped Petrels were the main bird seen. One 
immature Sooty Tern was seen, it was all dark. The Captain. saw an all 
dark bird, smaller than a Wedgetail. It may have had brown spots on its 
underwing. It flew with high arcs and sudden flopped. It may have 
been a Christmas Island Shearwater. We skinned the White-necked Petrel 
and the last Dark-rumped Petrel. The Dark-rumped Petrel was a finale 
with avary 7x5 and the follicles well developed. The White-necked 
Petrel was male with testes . The Dark-rumped Petrel was very 
fat. The sea was very rough today and water was continously breaking 
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over the bow. 
July 28“ -Not much happened today. Several flocks were seen and several 
unidentified birds were seen. The flocks were composed of Sooty Tern, 
Dark-rumped Petrel, Fairy Terns. Fewer wedge-tailes have been noticed 
lately, less than last cruise. This evening I shook the boys up. I 
banged the BT into the side of the ship twice. That really shook the 
oceanographe e; j3 s up . Two Kermadec Petrels were seen for sure today. 
July 29 - -Most of the birds we saw today were in a flock that was seen 
at 1810. We also had a fire drill that turned into a water fight. 
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July_5^- -Today was very slow, with only 17 birds being seen. We didn*t 
cover much area today, because we had a drift station this morning and 
that shot all time until 1 ^ 50 . 
July 5,1- -We saw fewer birds today than I expected. Wedge-tails were 
finally seen today, all of them light. One Kermaded? Petrel was also 
seen. Three small feeding flocks were also observed. They were -mainly 
composed of the Sooty Terns and Shearwater-Petrels 
