GENERAL DISCUSSION 
The further west we went, the fewer birds were seen. Sightings 
and total numbers of birds decreased# From Majuro Atoll on, most of 
the birds were seen close to the islands# 
The Shearwater-Petrel group as a whole decreased fairly sharply 
from east to west. After the 13th of June, very few Procellariids 
were seen except for Bulwers Petrels# 
In general, it could almost be estimated what was present on the 
islands by observing the birds at sea# On the first part of the trip. 
Sooty Terns were the predominent tern# Before reaching Majuro, it 
could be seen that the predominent birds were the Common and Hawaiian 
Noddy Terns# 
While on course from southeast to southwest of Sand-Johnston, the 
direction of the island could be estimated by the travelling Sooty Terns# 
When southeast of the island, the general direction for many of the birds 
was a northwest or a southern flight# As we came to the southern part 
of the island, many of the travelling birds were heading in a more 
north-south direction® As we were southwest of the island, the travel lin g 
birds were headed mostly northeast or in an easterly direction# 
Most of the birds seen on the fifth of June were seen between 
sunrise and 1500# This may have been due to the closeness of the islsnd, 
but there is another possibility# Between the hours of sunrise and 
1^00, there were more flying fish and other fish seen# This indicates 
that this area was either more densely populated with small fish or 
there were more larger fish below driving up the smaller fish# Larger 
fish observed in this area were the Yellow-fin Tuna and the Dolphin# 
Other kinds of large fish were observed to jump out of the water also# 
A total of 66 ©range streamered Sooty Terns, 3 Common Noddy Terns, 
3 Wedgetailed Shearwaters and 1 Red-footed Booby were observed# All 
of the orange streamer sightings were seen on the fifth of June from 
0730 in the morning to 185>1 in the evening# All of the birds were 
observed between 16°19 , N l69 0 l5’W and l5°23 f N 171° 05 f W# Total time 
between the first and last observations was 12 hours and 21 minutes# 
The greatest number of flocks were seen on the fifth of June 
when we were near Sand-Johnston# A total of 19 flocks was ' seen on 
that day® Most of the flocks seen in this area were composed mainly 
of Sooty Terns, Wedgetails, and Common Noddy Terns® The predominent 
bird was the adult Sooty Tern# 
After the eighth of June, the predominent birds in flocks were 
Common Noddy Terns, Hawaiian Noddy Terns and Fairy Terns# Almost no 
Sooty Terns were seen after the eighth® Flocks seen after the eighth 
were usually close to the islands® 
