1894 
April 21 Most of the day cloudy with a fresh south-west virind 
and rugged, follov/ing’ sea. Late in the afternoon the 
sun came out and the wind chang’ed to west. There Y/ere 
several heavy sho'wers duing the day. 
When I came on deck at 8 o’clock at least fifty 
Wilson’s Petrels were following our wake and still others 
were flying about aimlessly over the ocean. I have never 
seen so many at one time before. They followed us during 
the entire forenoon and up to about 3 P. M. after which I 
saw only an occasional straggler. 
In the early morning there was also a fine 
Pomarine Jaeger folloYiring the ship and behaving precisely 
like a Gull, coming up to Yvithin 20 yards of the stern 
at times and,\vhen any food was throvm overboard, alighting 
on the water to eat it, in this way often falling a mile 
or more astern but quickly overtaking us again. I made 
out the characteristic shape of the elongated tail 
feathers by the aid of my glass and with perfect certainty. 
This bird followed us for an hour or more. 
Soon after the Pomarine Jaeger left us we T/ere 
joined by five smaller birds which I took to be Richardson’s 
Jaegers. They resembled the Pomarine closely in general 
behavior and appearance and kept with us during the 
remainder of the forenoon. All three Jaegers a.re curiously 
