SIC 15 PRELIMINARY REPORT AT-SEA SURVEY 
September-October 1966 
Survey Period: 7 September through 25 October 1966. 
Logistic Support : U.S.N.S. SHEARWATER (T-AG 177) 
Survey Personnel: Paul Woodward (Biologist-in-Charge), Walter Bulmer, 
Richard Chandler, John Fitch, Richard Heiden, David 
Hoff (1st Half only), Lawrence Huber, Frank Smith, 
Robert Tuxson, F.C. Thompson. 
Itinerary : 
7 September - 0920 
10 September - 2020 
12 September - 1030 
15 September - 0830 
2h September - 08U5 
30 September - 
h October 
12 October - 1500 
17 October - 20U0 
25 October - 1801 
Begin Observations, Leave Honolulu. 
Enter S. Grid #1 
Leave S. Grid #1 
Enter Southern Grid 
Leave Southern Grid 
Arrive Pago Pago American Samoa. 
Leave Pago Pago American Samoa. 
Enter Southern Grid. 
Leave Southern Grid. 
Close observations. Arrive Honolulu 
Introduction: 
This report summarizes Non-Grid Pelagic Bird Observations and 
collections made by POBSP personnel on Southern Island Cruise # 15 
during the period of 7 September through 25 October 1966. During the 
survey period 7,376 birds of 39 species were recorded over 2,791 miles 
and 298.76 hours of observation. Eleven specimens of 7 species were 
collected. (See the cruise and grid reports for at-sea Grid summary.) 
