14 Aug. 1965 20°52'N; 170°45'W — 15°51'N; 170°08'W Cochas Petrels were scattered throughout the day. Wedgetails and shorty turns again made up almost the entire total. 2 Bermuda Petrels and 2 believed to be slender-billed Shearwaters were Sheered by darrington 1 avemman. One White-webbed Petrel was seen by Avemman + 2 at close range. It probably flew from the water as I suddenly noticed it off the starboard bow heading away from the ship. 17°10'N; 169°48'W — 15°19'N; 169°07'W Spotted turn at Johnston Island at 0721. Birds quite numerous about the island for the next hour, but its number quickly trailed off and very few were seen for the rest of the day. 12 Orange-streamed birds were seen within sight of Johnston and 5 later during the day. These included 10 softy terns (10mm) and 1 wedge-tail turn Johnston plus 1 Red-tailed Tropic bird. Later during the day 3 more wedge- tails and shorty turns were seen with Streamers. Dark phase wedge tails started to pick up today (5 seen). A few undi- identified unidentified Shearwater petrel and one flock of 30 might possibly have been slender-billed Shearwaters. The flock of 30 was seen at 16:22. 15 Aug. 1965 17°15'N; 169°48'W — 15°19'N; 169°07'W first noticed them out at some distance swinging along & close to the water, very little arcing or banking. At that first sighting I thought them to be hobby terns. We Sheered them for some time at a distance and could not decide what they were. They then disappeared and then finally spotted them on the 420. We notified the bridge to swing the ship around to go over to them. I had the 12 ga. in hand to collected some but the entire flock raised up and flew away from the ship before I arrived in range. We chased them for some 10 minutes, but they were just walking away from the ship - standing on the shoal briefly and starting up again. Completely shrouded (black), Smaller than wedge-tails with no hint of the brown that light a dark phase wedge's good. Wings not rounded like Christmas, Tasman Shearwaters - Standing more pointed and bent as wedge tails. We asked the Bridge of the ship could be put on, but Mr. Ochton felt it was too rough. We were expected to hear in the gird by morning.