TABLE 3. Diurnal abundance of species at-sea 
SIC 9, September to November 1965. 
Birds/ 
Species 
No. Birds 
Linear mi. 
No.Collected 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
2177 
0.633 
11 
Sooty/Slender-billed Shearwater 
15291 
4.802 
6 
Christmas Island Shearwater 
20 
0.006 
- 
Audubon’s Shearwater 
32 
0.010 
- 
Newell’s Shearwater 
45 
0.014 
- 
Pale-footed Shearwater 
2 
0.0006 
- 
Dark-rumped Petrel 
1 
0.0003 
- 
Juan Fernandez Petrel 
165 
0.052 
6 
White-necked Petrel 
22 
0.007 
1 
Pterodroma externa (Unidentified 
to race) 
18 
0.006 
- 
Black-winged Petrel 
313 
0.09S 
2 
Bonin Island Petrel 
4 
0.001 
- 
Pterodroma hyooleuca (Unident ined 
. to race) 
81 
0.025 
- 
Gould*-s ' Petrel: trcl 
> ^ 
19 
0.006 
- 
Phoenix Island Petrel 
63 
0.019 
i 
Mottled Petrel 
139 
0.044 
i 
Bulwer’s Petrel 
125 
0.039 
- 
Kermadec Petrel 
6 
0.002 
- 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
7 
0.002 
• 
Harcourts Storm Petrel 
2 
C.0006 
- 
Leach’s Storm Petrel 
14 
0.004 
2 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
63 
0.019 
6 
White-tailed Tropicbird 
63 
0.019 
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