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v i rd populations and numbers occur from i • •' > to Mown r*r, 
l in si r*le exception of the copc^n 1 i ;i i,i on <>♦ fulrrr; mentioned 
previously, distribution of bird: v is fat 1 V even w ihin r f rid. 
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i ^ s Accounts 
black-footed Albatross + 3 nocturnal 
( 1 i oiT ji Ion ni ;rlnos ) 
Tins Hawaiian Island breeder ' is nr vm t in al l three sect i • f 
the ,;ri I, although the density wi ; ,. i , r n i f [ cunt Ly lower in the m r* 
third than in the southern bwo-thir is. Two handed birds ( fos* 7 1 i- v, 2S7 
and 7{'7-)i?)\23) were collected on J unary 11, and two more with ha> < 
were seen the following day. ,: oun' size nr I conditions on 11 io 
collected indicated that both hi rd - were ub-adults, which wou.l 
expect.n l as brooders are present l y nestin % 
t he i lack-foot almost alwa ys follows si ins for unde t.ermj tv t us 
of time. An effort was made to 1 arn how long they follow; ov 
suggests that tne period is variable# dome birds apparently f< IV’; : 
only a fer minutes, whil^ others may follow all day and no sit j L 
tne night-, during nocturnal watches it m r j ostaM.i ,1 «d that c ts 
were following the ship, but no in i vi lua I ■ could bo identifie . 
Laysan Albatross 12 
( lionerlea immutabilis) 
Like the black-foot, this soecies breeds in the Hawaiian I si ? 
those birds present in the eastern 'Vicific are probably also si r-* 
although rr ne w^re collected to verify tnis. fhe Laysan was nr t *' 
to following ships. However, some individuals followed for se*°t 
sours, meandering considerable distances from the ship and ther 
returning. 
tensity within the grid was hi guest in the northern two-tlii * 
wai ].e ] n ii vi duals were rarely seen in the southern portion. 
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•ulnar 139 
( ul 1 ari: »- I acialis) 
fhis v/as the most abundant op cellari form in the prid. bark- 
; base birds out numbered other phases (li* f ht and intermediate) by 
5:1, suggesting that t-hes* birds arc from the more southern of tb^ 
north Pacific populations, i.e. the Aleutians as opposed to thr 
Borinr r -ea populations. 
Highest density occurred in t m northern portions of the ri 1 
and dropped to only one sighting in the southern portion. Kipw* 
in fanle 2 are somewhat, misleading is mo b of those recorded f«; r tr 
trie northern and cer.tral portions v ere in an apparently favoreri 
feeding area on the eastern end of tie V ; conn cted by point: 
I 3 ee map 2). Throughout the reim ndor of th° - ri i, sighting v » 
relatively sparse. Occasionally a fulmar was noted to follow t • u 
for live or ten minutes. One dark- -orrm t i rd wan collected. 
