members of the crew who attempted to catch it* It then circled, again 
landed, and was captured* The bird was bled, cblor-marked with black 
paint, and released* 
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Red-footed Boob y 
There was a notable decrease in this species over the last month* 
Last month 31 birds were recorded and this month there was only one* 
Sooty Tern 
This species showed a 76% increase over last month* Large concen¬ 
trations were found throughout the grid in comparison to last month 
when there was only one large concentration in the northwest comer 
of the grid* The largest number,396, were seen throughout the day on 
April 3rd over 200 miles southeast of Johnston* Birds were recorded 
every night in the grid* 
Three orange streamered birds were seen on 4 April due west of 
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Johnston Atoll. 
Over 90$ of the birds were seen in flocks. Of the twenty-seven 
flocks twenty were feeding flocks. 
Pa irv Tern 
$ 
This species decreased 80% from last month* 
Fhaiarope ? 
On 5 April what was believed to be a phalarope was observed 
flying in a northerly direction* 
