Husted, Dayle N. 
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this evening which was good. Two different petrels were spotted today. 
I am not sure what they were. They were about the size of aSooty 
Storm Petrel, flew about like a Sooty Storm Petrel. They had dark (brown?) 
wings above and belowj the back was dark getting lighter at the head 
and tail ?; the underparts were white. At 14-06 a tern sp. was seen. It 
was white underneath with medium grey on top of wings. The head may 
have had a dark cap. The watch said it was an arctic tern, and Termite 
knows his birds fairly well, I am not sure. No flocks were observed. 
September 3 “ -Today was very slow. The sea was moderate until late afternoon. 
Much of today the visibilitiy was 1 mile or less at times it was less 
than 100 yards because of rain squalls. This afternoon we sat in one 
spot for 5 hours while the boys ran a cable to the bottom of the ocean 
about 5300 meters down. The bird watching was vfery slow. Few flocks 
were observed and few birds were observed. 
September -Today the seas were very calm and the wind died down 
considerably. The skys were clear to partly cloudy. The birding was 
s low, but some new ones were seen. A small Petrel was seen several 
times today, but the identification is not positive. It is dark on 
top (very dark grey or black) dark head and wings, white breast and 
underwing. White underwing may vary with thick black margins or thin 
black margins. The bird is about the size of a Bulwer T s Petrel, and 
it flys similar to a Sooty Storm Petrel. At 1040 a Golden Plover 
circled the ship several times. Two Christmas Island Shearwater were 
seen today. Several dark phase Wedge-tails were seen. Some of the 
White-necked Petrel definitely have white rumps. No flocks were seen 
today. The birds seemed rather spooky or shy of the ship, because they 
