- 6 - 
Total 
-1 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
( Nesofregata albigularis ) 
The single bird was seen just offshore of Phoenix island. 
White-tailed Tropicbird A® -5 
(Phaethon lepturus ) B* -8 
C® -U 
D® -7 
White-tails were conspicuously absent in the region between Samoa 
and the Phoenix Islands where peak concentrations have been noted previously. 
Red-tailed Tropicbird A= -li 
(Phaethon rubricauda) B= -7 
C® -23 
D® -5 
Blue-faced Booby A® -2 
(Sula dactylatra) B® -0 
C- -117 
D® -2 
Sixty-eight per cent of the Blue-faced Boobies were encountered 
in the large feeding flock northwest of Dnderbury on 7 December. 
Brown Booby A® -5 
(Sula leucogaster) B* -8 
C® -29 
D*= -0 
Twenty-four {10%) Brown Boobies were in with the large feeding flocks 
northwest of Fnderbury. 
Red-footed Booby A.® 
(Sula sula) B= 
0 = 
D= 
Sub-adults and immatures were regularly seen far at sea 
leg from the grid to Oahu. 
Frigatebird 
A= 
-U8 
(Fregata sp.) 
B® 
*12 
C® 
-70 
D= 
-0 
No Frigates were 
recorded between the 
Southern Grid and Oahu in 
December. 
-29 
-3 
-52 
-18 
on the final 
