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Skua 2 
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Two birds were recorded on 13 June in the vicinity of French Frigate 
Shoals. Another bird was seen by Vessel B during duplicate observations 
in the western leewards. 
Ruddy Turnstone 15 
Eleven birds were recorded off Pearl and Hermes Reef on 28 May, three 
off the same atoll on 30 May and one off Laysan Island on 12 June. 
Wandering Tattler 1 
One bird was seen off French Frigate Shoals. 
Arctic Tern 3 
Three birds were recorded as this species by observers on Vessel B 
during duplicate observations. 
Sooty Tern 144-7 
Tnis species represented 31*9 percent of the total birds recorded 
(second only to Wedgetails). 
Recorded densities were highest in the western leeward islands where 
there are large breeding colonies. Daily numbers were not as high as might 
be expected, but probably represent normal pelagic numbers. Had offshore 
observations (within 2 miles of land) been taken, totals would have been 
much higher. All birds recorded were adults. 
Gray-backed Tern 57 
Small numbers were recorded in the western leewards, but nearly half 
of the total were recorded near Niihau on 14 June. 
Blue-gray Noddy 4 
Four birds were recorded near Gardner Pinnacles on 26 May. 
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Brown Noddy 189 
The species was recorded daily (generally in feeding flocks) in the 
western leewards. A large concentration of 107 birds (62 percent of the 
total) was seen on 14 June near Niihau. 
Black Noddy 39 
Thirty-one of the birds were seen off Pearl and Hermes Reef on 30 
May. The remaining birds were seen, a few each day, enroute to Oahu from 
Laysan Island. 
White Tern 185 
Regular sightings were recorded in the western leewards. On 30 May, 
between Midway and Pearl and Hermes, 113 birds were recorded. The majority 
of these were in feeding flocks, but many were single sightings as well. 
