Christmas Island Shearwater (Puffinns nativitatis) 
Current Status : Infrequent visitor 
Prior Records: G. C. Munro reported finding one well grown downy 
chick under a hunch of grass in July 1938 but there is some doubt as to 
the validity of the identification. Donaghho (1952) stated :fc&gsfe he had 
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found ?! a grpy downy petrel chick, presumably the young of the Phoenix Petrel 
under a clump of grass but Munro does not indicate that he and Donaggho 
found any young Phoenix Petrel. The two reports may refer to the same bird 
and one observer or the other may have made an error in identification. 
Population : This species was seen by POBSP personnel on July 15, 1964; on 
November 10 and 11, 1964; and on May 31, 1965* 
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and flew over the west side of the island. This species nests in moderate 
numbers on Phoenix Island, 40 miles to the southeast. 
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Phoenix Island Petrel ( Pberodroma. alba )t 
Current Status : Probably a rare visitor. No recent records. 
Records : Several birds, probably this species, were seen at the south 
end of the island in late March 1924 by J. C. Correia (Correia-field notes). 
Donaghho (1952) saw several adults and found a small chick in July 1938 
which may have been this species (see under Christmas Island Shearwater). 
Kinney handed 127 in April and May, 1939 and*Schultz collected a specimen 
on May 19, 1939- 
Population : The number of Phoenix Island Petrels banded by Kinney indi¬ 
cates that Enderbury Island supported a larger population in 1939 than 
currently breeds on Phoenix Island, which now has the only breeding colony 
in the Phoenix group. 
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Other Specimens : USNM 358139, $/ May 19, 1939. 
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White-throated Storm Petrel ( Nesofregatta albigularis ) 
Current Status : Infrequent visitor. 
Population: Single individuals were seen at dusk on May 30 and 31, 1965 
flying over the west side of the island. These are the only records for 
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