SPECIES ACCOUNTS DIOMEDEIDAE Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes): 5. None showed any white except in the facial region. Birds followed the ship only on the first day out of San Diego and were last recorded at 28°19'N. PROCCELLARIIDAE Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus): 1,041. Seventy-six percent of the birds observed were dark-phase. One large concentration (200 birds) of light-phase, however, was observed at 05°24'N by 111°39'W in a flock with 100 dark-phase birds. This species was most abundant in the Countercurrent area with only three individuals recorded in the South Equatorial Current. Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus): 269. Most abundant along the coast of central Baja California, although a few scattered individuals were recorded south to 07.4°N. Pale-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes): 2. One bird recorded in the Countercurrent and another along the coast of central Baja California. Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus): 61. Most abundant along the coast of central Baja California, but scattered individuals were recorded south to 13.8°N. Christmas Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatus): 1. Recorded at 07°38'N by 097°26'W. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus): 615. Primarily a bird of the coastal waters from at least northern Baja California south to Central Mexico. A few scattered birds were recorded at sea south to 09.0°N, their range apparently ending at the northern boundary of the Countercurrent. Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus): 2. On 02 July, at 08°13'N by 111°17'W, two birds were flushed from the water about 500 yards from the ship. They flew away from the ship with heavy wing-beats and glides, but without arcing. They were easily larger than Black-footed Albatross and were very chunky with broader and shorter appearing wings. The color appeared to be a mottled brown with a lighter, but not white, head. The bill and underparts were not observed. Herald Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana): 1?. One bird believed to be this species was observed at 25°13'N by 118°06'W.