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The shearwaters were attracted to the skiff and were quite easy to 
collect. The ship itself would make them veer away long before they were 
within shooting range. 
We tried chumming with squid from the fantail of the ship to attract 
albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels. We were successful and collected 
four banded albatrosses in this manner. Had we put the skiff over at 
this time we could have taken shearwaters and a few petrels. 
opotlights were used at night to attract birds but only one petrel 
was taken. One Pterodroma (not P. inexpectata ) was attracted to the 
light but we were unable to collect it. 
Oceanographic Work 
We can only generalize on the correlation of the oceanographic data 
with the distribution of birds at-sea at this time. When Mr. Ingraham r s 
report comes out we may be able to make specific statements. The ship 
made several Hansen Bottle casts to 1,000 meters and at least three 
bathythermograph readings to 260 meters each day, sometimes several more. 
It appeared at the time that the distribution of birds in the area covered 
was governed by the salinity, surface and sub-surface temperature of the 
water. 
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Mar ine Mammals 
Several species of mammals vere observed, on the cruise and 1 
observations are listed in Table 2. 
