SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
DIOMEDEIDAE 
Black-footed Albatross ( Diomedea nlgripes ): 5* None showed any white 
except in the facial region. Birds followed the ship only on the first day 
out of San Diego and were last recorded at 28°19'N. 
PROCELLARIIDAE 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus ): l,04l. Seventy-six 
percent of the birds observed were dark-phase. One large concentration 
(200 birds) of light-phase, however, was observed at 05°2 Vn by 111°39'W 
in a flock with 100 dark-phase birds. This species was most abundant in 
the Countercurrent area with only three individuals recorded in the South 
Equatorial Current. 
Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus ); 269* Most abundant 
along the coast of central Baja California, although a few scattered 
individuals were recorded south to 07 .^-°N. 
Pale-footed Shearwater ( Puffinus carneipes ): 2. One bird recorded 
in the Countercurrent and another along the coast of central Baja 
California. 
Sooty Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus ): 6l. Most abundant along the 
coast of central Baja California, but scattered individuals were recorded 
south to 13 * 8 °N. 
Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatus): 1. Recorded at 07°38'N 
by 097°26'W. 
Manx Shearwater ( Puffinus puffinus ): 615 . Primarily a bird of the 
coastal waters from at least northern Baja California south to Central 
Mexico. A few scattered birds were recorded at sea south to 09.0°N, 
their range apparently ending at the northern boundary of the Counter- 
current. 
Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus ): 2. On 02 July, at 08°13'N by 
111 ° 17 'W, two birds were flushed from the water about 500 yards from the 
ship. They flew away from the ship with heavy wing-beats and glides, but 
without arcing. They were easily larger than Black-footed Albatross and 
were very chunky with broader and shorter appearing wings. The color 
appeared to be a mottled brown with a lighter, but not white, head. The 
bill and underparts were not observed. 
Herald Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana ): 1?. One bird believed to 
be this species was observed at 25°15'N by ll8°06'W. 
