SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater ( 10k * 3 nocturnal) 
Numbers of Wedgetails decreased by 27% from May* This was the only 
significant species of shearwateivpetrel in the grid other than Black¬ 
winged Petrels® The low number of shearwater-petrels in the area is 
demonstrated more clearly in table 6 in that this group represented only 
* 
1»0% of the birds in total feeding flocks. Only one light phase individual 
was noted. Three specimens were collected* 
Sooty/Slender-billed Shearwater (l) 
The single individual was obviously a straggler since the species is 
presently centered in the northern “wintering 11 area and the southward 
migration is not expected to begin until late August. A total of 22 were 
recorded in May during the end of the northward migration* 
Christmas Island Shearwater (1) 
This species has been irregularly recorded in low numbers during previous 
cruises. These are mo£t likely stragglers from the Phoenix Islands* 
Pale-footed Shearwater (1) 
Good observations were made on the single individual on 20 July south of 
Howland. This species has not previously been recorded in the grid area. 
Juan Fernandez Petrel (3 + 1 nocturnal) 
This race of the White-necked Petrel has been irregularly observed in 
low numbers during previous cruises* The species spends the non-breeding 
