2 
diiring 196i4.» ^he scarcity of Sooty Sheanjaters and Bulwer's Petrels 
is felt, however, that the 196$ cruise is more indicative of the normal 
avian c oitposition than was 196 U« 
The laJTge nunber of birds collected on this trip was due primarily 
to tiB use cf a small skiff vhdch could enter flocks without scaring 
away the fLahani/or the birds. 
TABLE 2 
SPECIES OBSHiVED WUHiN THE GRID AREA 
Species 
Number 
Per linear iiiile.s Number c ollected 
Wedge-tail Sheanirater 
Sooty She arwater 
Pale-footed Shearwater 
Bonin Island Petrel 
Cook's Petrel 
Mottled Petrel 
Juan Fernandez Petrel 
Bulwer's Pet rel 
Leach's Stcrm Petrel 
Red-tail Tropicbird 
Wiite-tail Tropicbird 
Blue-faced Booby 
Red-footed Booby 
Great Frigatebird 
Sooty Tern 
Common Noddy Tern 
Fairy Tern 
l,05l 
29 
52 
35 
9 
13 
11 
6 
5 
1 
10 
22 
27 
12 
1 
1 
2 
0.0U3' 
0.078 
0.002 
0.015 
0.033 
o.oUo- 
0.018 
0.002 
0.052 
o.olU 
0.019 
0.016 
0.009 
0,007 
1.571 
0.002 
0.003 
u 
3 
0 
27 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
2 
2 
Total Birds 
1,382 
2.066 
U3 
