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NIGHT
2ND NIGHT IN SOUTHERN GRID
Location 01°56'N~177°15'W TO HOWLAND ISLAND
Observer CROSSIN et. al.
Date 14/15 JULY Time 1901 to 0630
Weather CLEAR 10 Knot E WIND. Miles 89 Hours 11 hrs. 29 min
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 1 1 coll. dk. phase
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 2
Bulwer's Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Blue-faced Booby 1
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Great Frigatebird ? 1
Lesser Frigatebird
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 755 2 imm. number estimated
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Terns - 755
Shear-pet 3
Frigate 1
Booby 1
Total Birds 760
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 10 (706)
Total Species 5
SI-MNH-11-1-66
FF - O