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the l8th when the main Sooty Tern feeding area East of Howland was 
surveyed. Omitting Area W G" from consideration, the grid density 
drops to 1.39« The linear density of Area "G" was an unusually 
high 21.01, mostly attributable to large feeding flocks of Sooty 
Terns. 
Species Accounts : 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (8): Seven dark phase birds in a traveling 
flock accounted for ?/20ths of the birds seen on the 22nd in the 
barren N.W. sectors of the Grid. The other single dark phase bird 
was seen S.W. of baker* 
Bulwers Petrel (l): The single sighting was in Area "J” • Two 
Shearwater/Petrel sightings on Nocturnal watch fills out the total 
Shear/Pets toll, a new low over January*s 1$. 
White-Humped Storm Petrel (Leach’s?) (9): As in past surveys, most 
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sighting were in the south and west portions of the grid. 
Red-tailed Tropichird (2): W T ith Tropicbirds unusually low in breeding 
numbers all through the Phoenix Islands, the low count at sea is 
puzzling. Perhaps some undetected non-breeding region exists at sea 
elsewhere. 
Blue-faced Booby (112+1 Nocturnal): Eighty seven percent of the 
sightings were made on the 17, 18 and 19 in conjunction with feeding 
flocks of Sooty Terns in Area n G n . The Ha-:land breeding population 
is at a low, with a new cycle just being initiated. 
A subadult seen on a bright moonlit nocturnal watch was associated 
with a large (20) flock of Sooty Terns. 
Brown Booby (5): All Brown Foobies were recorded from Area "G". 
Red-footed Booby (2) 
Frigates - Great (U), Lesser (10), Unidentified (lUIt), No evident change 
