R.S. Brossin 1968 Pleldvana sp. (5) 15-08 N; 162-02 W — 13-16 N; 163-15 W 9 oct. Today most birds seen were Black-winged Petrels (21) and Juan Fernandly Petrel (15). Two good sightings of White-winged Petrel with their almost pure white underwing with only black leading edge, prominent black eyes, sides of head and neck. One sighting of an all dark brown heavy- bodied petrel; no wing markings as in Kermode or Wards'; possibly a plyph? 11-25 N; 164-35 W — 09-36 N; 165-46 W 18 oct. Today was dominated by loud numbers of Juan Fernandly + Black-winged Petrels, and in affluion a scattering of Witted Petrel The latter came sprinkled through seetland Sosty / Slader hills; all going north - 07° 45'ように166° 56' W — 05° 57' N; 168-03' 11 oct. Juan Fernandly Petrels thinned down to 2, but numbers of Black-wings still fairly consistent. Only a few Witted Petrels and one White-winged. Also only a few) Sosty / Slader hills. 03° 57' N; 169° 16' W — 01° 58' N; 140° 37 W 12 oct. All Procellerids, darn today; 4 Witted; 1 Juan Fernandly to wind. R.S. Brossin 1968 Bulwe's Petrel (1) Boorum & Pease "NOEAT" McKean Island 16 oct. One flying back & forth over rocky area fly walls on W side of island at 1823. Found one on an egg while trying to digout a WTSP in wall along Booorn-banked. Found at least two more on eggs before to night was not tended; 9 birds returned one other and haunted 10 others, plus heard another 10-12 in rock walls. The population is rather large, but I cannot even give a guessestimate at this time - certainly hundreds. The difficulty of working with this species, is that when one dips into the nest cavity, it is usually destoyed in the underditching. Of all the nests present, 1 day into today's, only 3 could be salvaged to mark (3 with eggs). Good birds appear oke up nests at this time. The birds are detected (not easily) because of the goddamn din the Sosty eedle are making) by listening in pile of rocks, or rock wells for a "whoat, whoat, whoat, whoat ... ". This call varies in intensity, and appears boldest when one bird is in a possible nest site alone; other slight variations are also uttered. The birds definitely prefer the rocks to anywhere else such as clumps of dried reeds. And they ecan crawl into the wildest places. Those in the rock walls are just about impossible to get to - unless one behoves the entire wall. One dead + half-dead skeleton noted in the large rock wall. I probably a bird caught between rocks trying to worm his way into