5 SPECIES ACCOUNTS Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes) # Obs. = 3 At point "Dogwood" during the morning of 23 July, at least 19 albatross were present around the ship. Twenty miles from point Dogwood, 11-20 miles from Pt. Arguello, only three were present. Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) # Obs. = 9 Pink-feet were found associated with Sooty Shearwater flocks at a ratio of approximately 1:10. Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) # Obs. = 97 Sooty Shearwaters were scattered about in loose groups of 4-35. No obvious feeding concentrations were noticed. Jaeger sp. # Obs. = 3 Three immature Jaegers were observed harassing a seal. Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) # Obs. = 2 Two adults followed the ship's wake briefly. Gull sp. # Obs. = 2 Two small gulls were seen at a distance. They were possibly Bonapartes. Section "D" Grid to Long Beach 29-30 July Eleven hours of observations on the eastern side of the Grid area on 29 July were much like the southeast section of the Grid with storm petrels the dominant form (70% total). During an hour's observation be- tween Santa Catalina and Long Beach, Western Gulls and Sooty Shearwaters were seen. (See Non-Grid Table #5 for summary of observations.) SPECIES ACCOUNTS Black-footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes) # Obs. = 8 The high numbers of albatross noted in conjunction with storm petrels during the Grid survey were not noticeable over this section. Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) # Obs. = 1 One bird was seen inside Santa Catalina.