Nov, 23 THE SECOND MONDAY BE 23rd 
Today was almost an exact cony of its 
twin vaster day* Binion and I started the first 
warch at 6:20 A.!', • the skies were very cloudy, 
witn the wind blowing almost directly from 
the northeast i stirriny up the water into 
snalj. cnomy oreaxers* we came unon many birds 
sxitxny on the water, most of them unexnectingly 
61enaor—oi hied Shearwaters (identification 
not- uosiuve) were collected during the watch - 
this was George's "bird-of-the-day ,( -• I saw 
A-'-s no~ ru when there was much souabblin/y over 
tbir identity among those -neon" 5 e who did -not 
hesitate to identi fy them skimminm across the 
water* when I inquir-ed about this roi nt I was 
told 
th n t it w- 
is of 
air than 
in t 
noint • at 
7 -an 
T am still nonderinr 
several -norroises which hurtled through tie water 
the shins -port for several hundred yards 
before leaving* at 11:45 the shin circle^ to 
pick up a dead bird in the water - before they 
could maneuver into -position a circling 
saij lish rad s w allowed tne bird « leaner] into 
the air and made off with it? at 11:15 a 
tviicixe was seen bio wring off the starboard bow 
" ! bst beyond- a school of mill ing and thrashing 
~l isr — she sciiooi 01 fish moved, towa.rd the 
shir* cue across the bow and on toward the 
* ■ & s v i*i oh 1h e w h a. j_ e cl o s e behind — although it 
_i.s A- -t - m r c amain that th A whale was in nursuit 
of z he fish « it certainly emerred that wav — 
esnecirjJy since the fish moved toward the ship: 
at 5: 30 a’ White-necked Petrel was 'coll acted , 
l u s t o e t o r e t h e we t c h wa s secured: Er> n d ; 
Tarry are avere-irr about 15 birds a day 
oetween them n nd will* have most of them rm in 
study skins by the time we reach ^onolulu if 
they keen ur the race* 
