Sooty Storm Petrel ( Oceanodroma markhami ) 
Current status : Poorly understood. 
Prior Records : Fisher (1906). 
Population : Fisher (op. cit) Reported, that one flew aboard on the night of 
June 1, I9q&. 
On the POBSP trip of March 6, 196k one was heard calling at 
night. On March 2k, I965 150 were estimated present. 
Re-product ion : Fisher (op. cit) reported that the bird captured by him on 
June 1, 1902, ,f was immature, retaining a trace of the down." 
This constitutes the only evidence of breeding. 
