SPECIES ACCOUNT 
Black-footed Albatross 
Only one of this species was seen on the 5th of June* It 
followed the ship from 0800 in the morning to sunset* It left some¬ 
time after sunset* 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Wedge-tailed Shearwaters were observed mainly in the first few 
days of the trip* and around the atolls* Few were seen at sea* and 
only one dark one was observed* Almost all of them appeared to be in 
fairly good plumage* The greatest density of the species was on the 
5th of June when we were near Sand-Johnston* Of the 268 birds seen 
that day* all were light phase$ three had orange streamers* 
Sooty Shearwater and Slender-billed Shearwater 
Two fairly positive Sooty Shearwaters were seen* One was on the 
9th of June just out of Majuro* This bird was first observed sitting 
on the water* It then took off and headed north* The bird had a 
large chunky body and very silvery underwings* The other Sooty Shear¬ 
water was observed after we had left Majuro on the 12th of June and 
also had a chunky body and silvery underwings* The only Slender-billed 
Shearwater observed was seen on the 12th of June* This bird was 
definitely smaller and had dark underwings and the wing beat differed 
from the Sooty Shearwater* 
Newell 1 s Shearwater 
Newell^ Shearwaters were observed only on the first two days out 
of Honoluluo A total of three birds was seen* 
Kermadec Petrel 
On June 6, two dark phase Kermadec Petrols were observed at 
fairly close range. Both of these birds were heading south* The 
birds both appeared to be travelling* Both were seen by themselves. 
Mottled Petrel 
On June 2, at about 1900* one Mottled Petrel was observed close 
to the ship. It came from the south heading north® This single bird 
was seen just out of Honolulu* The plumage of this bird appeared to 
be in good shape. 
