-6- Red-tailed Tropicbird A total of 51 scattered sightings occurred throughout the Leewards. One specimen was collected. White-tailed Tropicbird Three sightings were recorded between French Frigate Shoals and Oahu on the return trip. Suprisingly only one bird was noted near Kauai where a large breeding population exists. No specimens were collected. Blue-faced Booby A few scattered sightings occurred throughout the Leewards, but the majority of the 42 sightings were recorded near French Frigate Shoals on 8 June. Brown Booby A total of 20 were sighted throughout the Leewards. Most of these were in close vicinity to islands. Red-footed Booby This was the abundant booby species throughout the cruise with 135 sightings recorded. Numbers were distributed fairly randomly throughout the chain. All light phase "northern" birds were noted. An orange-streamered adult was noted east of Laysan on 22 June (table 5.)