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SIC 14 PRELIMINARY REPORT AT-SEA SURVEY 
5 July to 2 6 August 1966 
NON-GRIP ONLY 
This report covers the observations and collections made 
at sea by POBSP personnel on the Southern Island Cruise # 14 
during the period 5 July through 26 August 1966* During this 
period 305.89 hours of diurnal observations and 3052 miles 
were covered. A total of 6143 birds of 34 species were recorded 
and 39 birds representing 15 species were collected (TABLES 1 & 3). 
The Smithsonian POBSP team consisted of Richard Crossin 
(Biologist in Charge), Roger Clapp, Kenneth Balcomb, Walter 
Bulmer, David Hoff, Richard Chandler, Larry Huber, David Pearson, 
and Ralph Schreiber (1st half of the cruise). The SIC cruise 
was made aboard the U.S.N.S. SHEARWATER (T-AG 177). Good cooperation 
was received from the officers and crew members. 
The SIC 14 cruise track differed slightly from the three 
previous two-month trips. During SIC cruises 9, 11, and 13 the 
cruises extended from Oahu to the Southern Grid, through the 
Phoenix Islands to Samoa and return to the Southern Grid, thence 
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to one of the Line Islands and return to Oahu. During the present 
cruise the ship proceded directly to the Line Islands (Jarvis) after 
Samoa and thence west to the Southern Grid and return to Oahu. 
The normal route was changed in order to arrive at Howland Island 
during dark of the moon for the purpose of mass banding and * 
