Jarvis to Malden 
Sooty Tern 
Blue-faced Booby 
Sooty/Slender-billed 
Shearwater 
Storm Petrel (Leach) 
7# 
5# 
Two major elements; l) Jarvis-based Sooty Terns and Boobies; 2) 
Pelagic transients. 
Starbuck to Samoa 
34 # 
33# 
10 # 
9# 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Sooty Tern 
White-capped Noddy 
Common Noddy 
Sooty Terns giving way to Samoan birds — Noddies, Fairy Terns, 
Red-footed Boobies. Procellarids well diversified. Wedge-tails common. 
Samoa to Grid 
68 # 
I2. d p 
9# 
Sooty Terns 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
White Tern 
Typical Samoan birds, Noddies, White Tern, etc., separated from 
typical Phoenix Island birds (Sooty Tern, etc.) by a low density region. 
Phoenix Island to Fiji Islands to Grid 
Sooty Terns and some typical Phoenix Island species tapering oif wioh 
subsequent increase of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and some Fiji island 
specialties. 
General 
Except for the Jarvis to Malden section the southern pelagic sec^ons 
have in common a transitional relationship between the various island sec 
tions. The Line to Samoa section is fairly smooth. The Samoa to Phoenix 
section considered here is abrupt, but is not dramatic becanse Ox o^.e ^o^ 
densities throughout the segment. The Phoenix to Fiji section is abrupu 
and more dramatic because density fluctuations and species consoioueuuo 
are more significant. 
Sooty Tern alone or Sooty Tern and Wedge-tailed Shearwater dominate 
1 southern pelagic areas and there are very few days that one species 
or the other or both together do not account for one-hall to three- 
fourths or more of all birds seen. 
