Pelagic Wanderers
Journal
Condor
Volume
15
Issue
4 (July-August)
Year
1913
Pages
158
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Pelagic Wanderers
On the night of December 8, 1912, while on a vessel about 700 miles southwesterly from San Francisco, a white-rumped petrel came aboard and was secured by the writer. It measures as follows: wing, 6.15; tail, 3.33; bill, .62. These measurements would seem to indicate that this specimen is the Leach Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
On April 8, 1913, while on shipboard about 750 miles southwesterly from San Francisco, two Laysan Albatrosses (Diomedea immutobilis) were noted. They were first seen about 11 A. M. and they were still following the ship at dark, at which time we were about 600 miles out from the California coast. At daylight the next morning they had disappeared, and were not further seen.
