Davie N. Husted 17 
1964 
Wedge-tails, Sooty Terns, Frigatebirds, Noddies, and some Petrels were 
seen, 
Ik, July 1964 : Much the same was seen today. Several flocks were seen. 
Some of the new boys are still sicker than a dog. The weather is fair, 
but this tub still rolls considerably. 
15 July 1964 : Weather and sea conditions are much the same. We quit seeing 
Noddies fairly close to land. More flocks were seen today. Also, the 
Wedge-tails are becoming dark phase. We also saw some White necked Petrels 
today. This evening Warren went out on the bow with the blunderbuss. 
July 16 , 1964 : Today started off fairly slow with little being seen. 
Later on this afternoon, I saw a bird that was about the size of a large 
Dark-rumped Petrel, but the wings were entirely black underneath. There 
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could have possibly been a darker back and a darker breastbone. The bird 
flew like a Dark rumped Petrel with high arcs and dives. It flapped its 
wings rather loosely. Warren also saw one later on in the day. About 
1700 we got into a flock. Warren shot a dark-rumped Petrel and a Newell T s 
Shearwater, but then our tale of woe began. The mate didn T t see the 
dark-rumped Petrel go down, so he didn r t stop the ship. When the Newells 
Shearwater wend down, Warren ran to get the net to retrieve it, but when he 
left the bird got up and flew away. Thus ends the sad story and a chance 
to see if some of our ideas are correct. The weather was clear this morn- 
ing and the sea was almost calm. This afternoon we ran into some squalls 
which continued off and on until this evening. The sea began picking up 
