Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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Location O-105; 177-174 To Howland Island. Observer Crossin et. al. Date 19 July 1966 Time 0651 to 1650 Weather Seas rough. Miles 69 Hours 9hrs. 59 min. (599 min) SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS Layson Albatross Black-footed Albatross Wedge-tailed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater 2 dark phase Slender-billed Shearwater Christmas Island Shearwater Newell's Shearwater Juan Fernandez Petrel 2 White-necked Petrel Kermadec Petrel Phoenix Island Petrel Mottled Petrel Bonin Island Petrel Black-winged Petrel 14 Bulwer's Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Blue-faced Booby 9 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby Frigatebird ? 1 Lesser Frigatebird 5 Golden Plover Ruddy Turnstone Sooty Tern 242 4 ad. coll. Gray-backed Tern Common Noddy Tern Fairy Tern Pomarine Jaeger Shear - Pet 1 Tern = 242 ShearPet = 19 Booby = 9 Frigate = 6 Total Birds 276 Total Sightings Total Flocks 8 (207) Total Species 6 Feeding Flocks = 5 (18%) SI-MNH-11-1-66