and then remain circling behind for about 5 minutes. At 1712 1 observed 
and adult replfoot behind the ship. 
About 1745 I observed an unreconizable bird coming from the north 
flying fairly pest about 30 feet above the water. As it passed on the 
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starboard I shot it. It took the ship about 20 minuted to pick it up. 
The bird looks very much like a booby perhaps an immature but the be K k 
is decured et the tip. The fleshy area around this eye is a light violet 
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color, the feet are flesh and look like typical booby feet. Mostof the 
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back is greyish-brown, with the undorp'rts grayish on the breas* but 
whitish on the belly. The feather ere quite warm, end new tail feathers 
are coming in. 
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At 1840 I noted what appeared to be another immature red-footed 
booby and another of these brownish birds approach this ship and begin 
circling it. I missed this brown one from the fantail and ran f«vn*ard 
in time to shot it fror* the how. As the shl p began to maneuver to pick 
it up Bob shot the white one. The ship circled back and fiddled 
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around for 45 minutes in the quickly falling darkness, ad even though 
we came close to the floating birds we were never able to pic.|t them 
up. 
As the ship straighte-ned out again about 1900 a bird looking 
like e red-foot approached the shi end looked like it wanted to slight 
on the forecasted. A couple of the sailors tried to grab it and it moved 
off. A few minutes later it was back again, c nd this time it landed in 
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the water on the starboard and was quickly passed by. We circ2e</^e area 
once but were unable to locate it • ^ ur this time was 
about 320 miles south of Lisianski and 360 miles we t of Johnson. 
