8 
2 2 8 
13 47 0 
0 0 0 
$ alcids/section 
Cassin’s Auklet appears at present to be the commonest of the 
alcids wintering in the Grid. Alcid numbers have increased sharply 
over all previous winter surveys > although none were found in the 
southern third. 
Table 2 . Summary of non-Grid Observations EAC 3 and 4 January 1968 
Out from 
San Diego ’’Pre-Grid" 
3 January 4 January _ Total 
1215 to 1650 
0710 to 1230 
57 miles 
53 miles 
Lin. 
$ 
• Lin.Dens.= 7.55 
Lin.Dens.= 3 .86 
# 
Dens 0 
Total 
Eared Grebe 
1 
1 
.009 
0.2 
grebe sp. 
3 
3 
.027 
0.5 
Black-footed Albatross 
1 
1 
.009 
0.2 
Fulmar 
30 
30 
.273 
4.7 
Shearwater/petrel 
4 
15 
19 
.173 
3.0 
Storm Petrel 
7 
7 
.064 
1.1 
cormorant sp. 
80 
80 
.728 
12.6 
Brown Pelican 
91 
91 
.828 
14.3 
ducks so. 
Jk. 
2 
2 
.018 
0.3 
Northern Phalarope 
2 
2 
.018 
0.3 
phalarope sp. 
7 
69 
76 
.690 
11.9 
Black-legged Kittiwake 
6 l 
12 
73 
.663 
11.5 
Sabines Gull 
2 
2 
.018 
0.3 
Glaucous -winged Gull 
1 
1 
.009 
0.2 
California Gull 
10 
10 
.091 
1.6 
Heermans Gull 
13 
13 
.118 
2.0 
Western Gull 
11 
11 
.100 
1.7 
Ring-billed Gull 
4 
4 
.036 
0.6 
Herring Gull/gull sp. 
132 
25 
157 
1.435 
24.7 
Pomarine Jaeger 
4 
1 
5 
.045 
0.8 
Rhinoceros Auklet 
1 
8 
9 
.082 
1.4 
Cassin T s Auklet 
6 
6 
.055 
0.9 
Xantus Murrelet 
1 
1 
.009 
0.2 
alcid sp. 
6 
25 
31 
.282 
4-9 . 
TOTAL 
431 
205 
636 
5 .79 
100 
