PRELIMINARY REPORT AT-SEA SURVEY 
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APRIL 1965 
Not including Grid 
This report is based on the collections and observations made at-sea 
during mid April 1965* A 
total of 16 days, 
2 - 13 , 20-23 April, were 
completed 
covering a total 
of 1,730 linear 
miles and l88.^ 
hours of diurnal 
observations 
(See Table l) 
4 
The 
Smithsonian team 
consisted of Patrick Gould (Biologist in charge). 
Ken Amerman^ 
Dayle Husted^ 
Dennis Stadel and Paul DiiMont. 
Excellent cooper- 
ation was 
received from the officers and crew of the U.S.N. 
.S. Shearwater. 
TABLE 
1 
DAILY SUMMARY ^ 
Date 
No. Miles 
No. Hours 
No. Birds 
No. Species 
02 
91 
9.1 
118 
* 
1 ^ 
05 
105 
12.2 
484 
11 
Oh 
109 
12.2 
117 
7 
05 
107 
12.2 
122 
8 
06 
116 
12.3 
429 
13 
07 
65 
12.3 
239 
10 
08 
122 
12.4 
290 
6 
09 
109 
12.3 
133 
6 
10 
121 
12.4 
157 
9 
11 
123 
12.6 
904 
7 
12 
136 
12.6 
473 
8 
13 
117 
12.5 
1,630 
13 
20 
122 
12.5 
385 
9 
21 
107 
12.4 
328 
12 
22 
110 
12.6 
332 
13 
25 
70 
5.8 
182 
9 
TOTAL 
1,730 
iBFT 
7,323 
32 (9.7/day) 
This trip was unusual in that instead of heading straigh for the Smithsonian 
% 
Grid we headed Southeast from Oahu to about eight degrees North and 15O degrees 
weso. This overlaps the southern part of dihe BCE area where birds are generally 
abundant. 
