Annotated List 
Black-footed Albatross 
9 
(An overall increase from December of from 18 to 26 birds) 
Grid* Decrease of 1! 1 followed the ship briefly 85-95 mi. SW of 
Jchnston Atoll. 
Non-Grid! Increase of 10! Albatross numbers are difficult to ascertain 
therefore the maximum seen at any one time for each day was used. Birds 
were progressively more numerous near Oahu and irregular more than 300 
miles from Oahu. In general, near Oahu maximum numbers were recorded 
near dusk but away from Oahu birds were most frequently seen in esrly 
morning. Birds were sighted from near Oahu to 19 mi. NNW Jchnston Atoll 
(one collected)# 
Layssn Albatross 
(An overall increase from December of from 3 to 7 birds (6 sightings). 
Grids Not recorded. 
Non-Grid: increase of U over December. Gne was recorded about 360 mi. 
ENE Johnston Atollj the remainder from 35 to 95 miles SW 0 9 hu. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
’ (A n overall decrease from December of from U23 to 97 birds (58 sightings) 
Grid! decrease of 232. Seven single birds (all light phase birds) were 
observed at widely scattered localities. 
Non-Grid! decrease of 9Uj fifty one sightings representing 90 individuals 
* l 
were logged. Observations were widely scattered with a few birds within 50 
miles of Pearl Harbor and within 85 miles of Johnston Atoll, ^he only 
concentration of sightings was between 180 end 260 miles SW of Pearl Harbor 
(£0 birds). Only six bird flocks contained wedge-tails (10 birds maximum). 
