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White-tailed Tropicbird
Twenty three individuals were seen this month. The species was
ramdonly distributed over the area.
Blue-faced Booby
Five of the six birds seen this month were at the southern end of
the area. The other one was seen at 21°N. One bird was an immature while
the others were sub-adults. A sub-adult that landed on the ship at 13°N
was banded and released.
Brown Booby
Two birds were seen near Oahu. One was in a feeding flock.
Red-footed Booby
A large (200) feeding flock of this species was seen just south of
Oahu. Twenty one other birds were seen in the same general area.
Great Frigatebird
A new high of 62 was recorded in June, 14 more than May. Only 6
were seen last June.
Pomarine Jaeger
One individual was seen in the northwest corner.
Sooty Tern
Due mainly to the fact that the ship passed through the area just north
of Oahu during the night only 2557 birds were seen this month compared with
5020 last month. Large numbers of this species were seen over 100 miles
north of Oahu on 1 July in small feeding flocks. This month greater numbers
were seen in the southern part of the area including immature birds, prob-
ably from Palmyra or Christmas Islands.
Noddy Tern
Only 55 birds were seen this month, due mainly to the fact that the
ship passed in darkness through the area where most of the 1516 were seen last