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17 Feb 1963 
I spent all of the day finishing up the project logs while the fest 
of the crew finished cleaning up our equipment, finished the birds we 
had collected, and got the materials ready for blood sampling. 
Tonight we collected 22 Bonin Island petrels and got 10 blood 
sauries from them. 
18 Peb. 1963 
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Today we prepared the blood samples from last night and made up the 
specimens. The drying rack was rebuilt and equipment was readied for 
ourj. rip to Pearl and Hermes as soon as we finish the blood work and 
the weather breaks. 
I spent the morning trying to get some additional gear together 
which we will need to stay on Pearl and Hermes for a couple of 
weeks. 
Tonight we collected 20 fairy terns for blood samples, and one 
verhy Unusual shearwater. It does not fit anything previously recorded 
for Hawaii. It is smaller than the Manx, the smallest recorded for 
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this area, with dark upper parts and white under parts. The bill and 
feet are bluish. It was token while sitting on a dune at the edge of 
the beach. It may possibly be a little shearwater a South Pacific 
species which breeds off Hew Zealand. 
19 February' 1963 
Today we prepared the tern skins and Bob worked up the blood, samples. 
In the afternoon Bob, Btnion and I collected 10 adu Laysan albatross 
for blood samples. We spent the whole evening preparing the skins. 
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