NON-GRID OBSERVATIONS 
Black-footed Albatross were recorded on 15 February just 
two miles outside Pearl Harbor. The foilowing day there was but 
one bird, and on the third day none was seen. A similiar pattern 
held on the return trip. 
Shearwater and gadfly petrel observations were limited to one 
Christmas Island Shearwater and four Tahiti/Phoenix Island Petrels 
There was a notable lack of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, Juan Fernande 
Petrels, and small Pterodroma . Many of the Pterodroma are in the 
five degree north latitude waters at this time, but where are all 
the V.edgetails from the Hawaiian Islands? 
Sooty and Gray-baclced Terns were not evenly distributed in the 
•waters between Oahu and the grid. Greatest numbers were seen close 
to the Hawaiian Islands, and around Johnston Island. Few terns 
were seen in the waters approximately midway between the island 
groups. This probably is a reflection of the breeding activity 
that is now beginning. 
No Noddy Terns were seen in or outside the grid. 
OBSERVATIONS OF BIRDS KNOWN TO BE PRESENT IN NUMBERS ON 
JOHNSTON ATOLL WHILE THE EASTMAN WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE ATOLL 
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'While approaching JI from directly south during the afternoon of 
20 February, no unusual numbers of birds were observed until 
approximately a half-an-hour before sunset when the ship hove to 
15 miles south-west of the atoll. During the next hour over 150 
Red-footed Boobies were counted flying toward the atoll. At sunset 
a tight flock of 25 birds was sighted but throughout this period 
and until dark a constant stream of birds passed the ship and it 
was difficult to differentiate flocks. Pairs and small groups of 
