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SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
Black-footed Albatross ( Diomedea nigripes ) # Obs. = 3 
At point "Dogwood” during the morning of 23 July, at least 19 
albatross were present around the ship. Twenty miles from point Dogwood, 
11-20 miles from Pt. Arguello, only three were present. 
Pink-footed Shearwater ( Puffinus creatopus ) # Obs. = 9 
Pink-foots were found associated with Sooty Shearwater flocks at a 
ratio of approximately 1:10. 
Sooty Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus) # Obs. = 97 
Sooty Shearwaters were scattered about in loose groups of 4-35. No 
obvious feeding concentrations were noticed. 
Jaeger sp. $ Obs. = 3 
Three immature Jaegers were observed harassing a seal. 
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis ) # Obs. 
Two adults followed the ship's wake briefly. 
Gull sp. $ Obs. 
2 
Two small gulls were seen at a distance. They were possibly 
Bonapartes. 
Section "D" Grid to Long Beach 29-3° July 
Eleven hours of observations on the eastern side of the Grid area on 
29 July were much like the southeast section of the Grid with storm 
petrels the dominant form (. 70 $ total). During an hour's observation be¬ 
tween Santa Catalina and Long Beach, Western Gulls and Sooty Shearwaters 
were seen. (See Non-Grid Table #5 for summary of observations.) 
SPECIES ACCOUNTS 
Black-footed Albatross ( Diomedea nigripes ) # Obs. = 8 
The high numbers of albatross noted in conjunction with storm petrels 
during the Grid survey were not noticeable over this section. 
Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) # Obs. = 1 
One bird was seen inside Santa Catalina. 
