Juan Fernandez Petrel & White-necked Petrel 
Most of the Juan Fernandez Petrels were seen within the first 
three days* Most of these birds were observed on the 3rd of June, 
and most of these were present in flocks» All of these birds appeared 
to be in some stage of moult* 
Only two White-necked Petrels were observed for the entire trip# 
Both of these birds were seen on the 6th of June# One of them was in 
a small feeding flock# Moult was also noticed on these birds* 
Bonin Island Petrel & Black-winged Petrel 
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All fifteen Bonin Island Petrels were observed within six days out 
of Honolulu# Most of them were heading north or in a generally norther® 
direction# The greatest density of these birds was seen on the 6th of 
June# Most of them were heading in a generally northern direction* 
This may indicate these birds were heading back to the Leeward Islands 
to breed* 
An additional 63 birds were identified only as Pterodroma hypoleuca 
Most of these were observed on the first eight days of the trip# The 
greatest number observed (19) were seen on the 7th of June# Probably 
most of the birds in this classification were Black-winged Petrels and 
a few Bonin Island Petrels# 
Bulwer 8 s Petrel 
Bulwer f s Petrels were seen throughout the entire trip* Their 
greatest numbers were observed just out of Oahu and between Kwajalein 
and Guam* Around Guam, these birds followed in the wake of the ship# 
Often there would be one or two of them flying back and forth across 
the wake * 
Shearwater-Petrel Group 
Most of the birds seen in this group were observed on the 9th of 
June# Fifty were seen in a large flock# Probably most of these birds 
were Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, but they were too far away to identify 
accurately# 
Stem Petrel Species 
On the 2$th of June, six Storm Petrel species were observed# 
These birds were email, all dark and had very broad wings in comparison 
to the body size# Most of these birds were seen following the wake of 
the ship© On® White-romped Storm Petrel was seen on the 3rd ©f June# 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
All of th® Red-tailed Tropicbirds were observed during the first 
half of the trip# None of this species were observed after the 9th of 
June# None of these birds were in their fl pink” phase* The greatest 
number of this species (6) were seen on the Uth of June© 
