for birds, no Albatross were seen. We saw six Sooty Terns in a group 
rthis rooming and »n immature booby, three tropicbirds, end sooty tern 
about noon and unidentifiable petrel about 1800. 
1? March 1963 
It has become hotter today and there were very few clouds 
till about the middle of the afternoon, when it clouded up from the 
southeast and we ran through a couple of hours of showers. Three 
sooty terns and several tropicbirds were noted this morning, two 
of them diffinitly lmmatures, we have also noted several petrels 
which we have been unable to identify during the storm we begain 
note Christman island Shearwater and possible Bulwer's Petrel. There 
is quite a size difference between the two species, though both 
dark and have similar shaped tails and it may be ldivlduals of the latter 
specieR which we have noted previously. The ses was very calm this 
evening , there was only slight wind from the east, though the heat 
is now quite appreselve and the monotony of six days at sea is beginning 
to tell on us. T 
18 March 1963 
Today was calm and very hnt, most of the day was spent on the 
flying bridge, two petrels noted at 0630, six boobies the rest of the 
day, four being noted efter 1700, Three brown and one was masked, all 
were heading south. One possible frigate record was made at fiftteen 
hundred, the bird w^s very far away. We expect to arrive at WHowland 
about 0800 tomorrow and plan to send six days there. Our quarters are 
very hot and stuffy and it is very difficult for us to sleep at night now 
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