SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
Black-browed Albatross A=0 B=2 C=0 
Two albatrosses tentatively Identified to this species 
were sighted on 7 August about 70 miles SW of Jarvis Island. The 
birds were close enough for good observation, but they showed no 
interest in the ship. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater A=838 B=8 0=167 
The vast majority of southern hemisphere birds have moved 
north from the breeding grounds. Large numbers of these dark-phase 
birds wereAbetween 8-10 N. Light-phase;were abundant just south 
of Oahu in July, but the ratio changed rapidly to dark-phase and 
practically all birds noted south of 14°N were dark-phase. Only a 
relatively 1 few individuals were recorded on the return trip between 
6 ° and 17°5T, all dark. On 21 August some concentrations of light 
phase birds were noted about 17*18 on ‘ Six non-grid birds of this 
species were collected during the cruise. 
Sootv/Slenderbllled Shearwaters A=4 B=8 0=11 
The few individuals seen of these species are apparently early 
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southward migrants# Numbers can be expected to increase greatly 
during September if the 1965 migration period was typical# Individuals 
of both species were tentatively identified during the present cruise • 
Kost, however, were considered to be Slender-billed Shearwaters# 
