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BIRD OBSERVATIONS OAHU TO BAKER ISLAND MAY 19o5 
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During the period J>0 April to 6 May 19o5 I was aboard the US3 George 
Eastman (YAG 39) en route to Baker Island from Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The 
following is a report of the avifauna I observed as a representative of 
Smithsonian Institution, Division of Birds. ,, 
Species Account 
Ho observations were made in the immediate vicinity of the two islands 
visited since the observations ended the night before arrival in both cases. 
Nineteen different species \-/ere observed. The total number observed for 
each species is given in parenthesis after the name. 
Black-footed Albatross : (2) 
Only two birds of this species v/ere observed, the first day off Gahu. 
Wedget ail Shearwater : ( 185 ) 
This seecies was most numerous of all those seen. More than a hundred 
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light phase b irds were observed the first day off Oahu. Their numbers 
dropped to 1 or 2 a day u#til south of 10°N., where nearly all v/ere the 
darker phase, 
Soot v Shearwater : (7) 
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Seven b irds of this species were identified on two separate days 
during the trip. Six v/ere seen at about 3°N. Some of the unidentified 
"shearwater petrels'* seen on the voyage may have been this species. 
Newell 1 s Shearwater : (l) 
One was seen on 4 May. 
Juan Fernandez Petrel : (3) 
Three of these medium size petrels were observed, tv/o of them were 
south of 5° and one was north of 1?°N. Unidentified "shearwater petrels" 
probably account for the gap. 
Cook t s Petrel : (1) 
Only one bird was identified on 4 May. Other aterocroria su . may have 
been this species. 
3ulwer*s Petrel : (11) 
Eleven birds identified as this species v/ere seen during the trip. 
All were between 15°and 5°^., generally at the greatest distance from 
land. 
