SPT'CI'3 ACCOUNT 
Black-footed Albatross 
Only one of this species ms seen in the grid area in June, 
several miles outside of Pearl Harbor. It did not folios-? the ship. 
Fedgetailed Shearwater 
Numbers of this species decreased l|££> from 163 ? in May to 985 
in June. Molt ms noted or the dark, southern population birds. The 
decline in numbers of this species in June is accounted for mainly by 
the relative paucity of dark phase birds in the southern part of the 
grid. The dark phase birds also penetrated farther north than pre¬ 
viously reported, to 17°N, and were distributed more diffusely. Two 
of tills species were collected. One, taken 150 miles north of Oahu 
on U July, was banded on Popoia Island, Oahu on 8 lay 6lj. 
Sooty Shearwater 
One of this species ms seen on 25 June heading northwest, no 
doubt a straggler, since this species’ northward migration ended a 
month previous to this date. 
Newell’s Shearwater 
Numbers of this species decreased 77? from 66 in flay to 15 in 
June, presuming a concentration of this species more local to its 
nesting areas. 
Bonin Island Petrol 
Numbers of this species increased 155?- from 69 in May to 176 in 
Juno. Molt was noted in more than 80 ? of these birds. The species 
