The distribution of albatross during this survey was not random* On 
4 December 2 k birds were xe corded in section R in the northwest corner of 
the grid. This is the highest number of birds yet recorded on one day of 
observation. This also is the first time that the highest concentration of 
albatross has occurred in the northwest section. 
It is to be noted that the two low counts in sectors S (north central) 
and Z (southeast) are in areas where little diurnal coverage was achieved. 
Since birds accumulate during the day, with highest numbers when garbage 
is dumped 5 a small linear mile coverage in an area in the morning hours 
will normally result in low numbers of albatross recorded. 
Of the 39 birds examined for rump color, 3 ^- (87 percent) 
(dark-rumped). Small numbers of white-rumped birds recorded 
the adult birds have returned to the breeding islands. 
Fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis ) Number observed: 2 k 
All were dark phase birds. The presence of birds in the 
southern portion of the area was not expected. In January 
and February sightings in the southern section accounted for 
percent of the observations. 
were immatures 
indicate that 
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less than one 
On tenuous evidence I suggest that when these birds arrive on the winter¬ 
ing grounds they go through a "shuffle period”, one of wandering in search 
of a relatively constant food supply. Thus, arriving birds would be well 
scattered until they finally settle in "winter ranges" (this may also hold 
for immature Black-footed Albatross during early winter). During this 
survey, however, their distribution was not random. 
Sooty Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus ) Number observed: 79 
2 
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3 
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Seventy two percent of the birds were recorded in the 
northeast corner of the grid. The birds were evenly dis¬ 
tributed in other areas of the grid. No directional movement was recorded 
Indicating that the "secondary migration" recorded on EGS 17 has terminated 
or reached a pause. Sooties were recorded in a feeding flock also containing 
Herring Gulls and Jaegers. 
A concentration (37 percent of observations) was recorded 
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very poor for sighting storm petrels due to the heavy seas and 
ship’s characteristics (discussed above). Thus the quantitative observations 
on this species are not indicative of actual numbers. 
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) Number observed: 2 
Single birds observed in sections R and V. 
