SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
WEDGE-TAILED SHEARUVTER (137 + 9 nocturnal) 
Numbers were somewhat higher than last month* This species can be expected 
to increase in the grid area as the current breeding cycle of southern pop¬ 
ulations moves to a close* 100 7* of the birds recorded to color phase were 
dark* 
SOOTY/SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER (20 -f 2 nocturnal) 
Similar to last month* practically all sightings were of single birds moving 
in N or NW directions. One Sooty Shearwater was collected at night* Nor¬ 
mally, neither of these species venture near the ship at any time* If the 
spring and fall migrations of the past year are at all typical, a heavy fall 
migration southward and a sparse northward spring migration can be postulated 
through the southern grid area. 
AUDUBON*S SHEARWATER (20 nocturnal) 
Curiously, this species was not encountered during diurnal observations but 
was present every night* Three specimens were collected* The recording and 
collecting of such forms only at night demonstrates the importance of noctur¬ 
nal drift stations whereby collecting can be performed throughout the entire 
observation period* 
KSRMADEC PETREL (1) 
This species has been recorded irregularly in low numbers since last fall* 
No specimens have yet been collected within the grid. 
SETTLED PETREL (1) 
The sparse northward spring migration of this species appears to be over* A 
