PHALAROPODIDAE 
Northern Phalarope ( Lobipes lobatus ): 15,093* All were along the 
coastal area from 20° to 28°N with maximum density at 25 °N. 
Red Phalarope ( Phalaropus fulicarius ): 10. Observed along the 
coast only at 25° N, but many were probably overlooked in the large 
concentrations of Northern Phalaropes in other areas. 
SIERCORARIIDAE 
Pomarine Jaeger ( Stercorarius pomarinus ): 15. 73 percent were 
dark-phase birds. All but one were within 300 miles of the coast. The 
exception was at 07°10 T N by 111°2VW. 
LARIDAE 
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla ): Scattered birds were observed 
near and within the harbor at Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. 
Western Gull ( Larus occidentalis ): 12. Observed only aldug the 
northern coast of Baja California from Cedros Island north. 
Heerman Gull ( Larus heermanni ): 26. Observed only along the 
northern coast of Baja California from Cedros Island north. 
Sabine Gull ( Xema sabini ): 32. Two, apparently migratory, flocks. 
One of 10 birds at ca. 28°N and one of 22 birds at ca. 17°N both 
near the coast. 
Swallow-tailed Gull ( Creagrus furcatus ); 1. In the colder water 
of the °outh Equatorial Current at 02°39’W by 097°3^’W. This was 
just over 300 miles WNW of the Galapagos Archipelago. 
Forster Tern ( Sterna forsteri ): k. Observed only along the coastal 
waters of Southern California and northern Baja California. 
Royal Tern (Tnalasseus maximus ): 45- Observed only along the 
coastal waters of Southern Baja California. 
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata): 5^-6. Only 3 feeding flocks were found 
all containing immature birds. One of 225 at 05-4°N by 112°W; one of 
12 at 05.5°N by 111.6°W; and one of 300 at l8.6°N by 10^.9°W. Scattered 
birds were recorded in areas near the above concentrations, and one bird 
each was recorded at 00°13 n N by 104°39 ? W (an immature), and pi°26’N by 
097 ° 32 r W (an adult). 
Common Noddy Tern (Anous stolidus ): 2. Both were within 300 miles 
of Clipperton Island. 
