8 NON GRID The 12th and 20th were spent either within or immediately outside of harbor areas along the Southern C-lifornia Coast. The 13th was spent 75 to 100 miles off the coast of Monterey, while part of the 14th was near the channel islands of San Nicolas and San Clemente. A total of 21.1 hours and over 268 miles of diurnal observations were concluded in this area (See TABLE II). As would be expected the avifaunas of these three areas differ radically from each other and from that of the Grid (See TABLE IV). TABLE IV DIURNAL ABUNDANCE OF SPECIES GROUPS Species Group Number of Birds Birds Per Hour Duck 63 2.99 Albatross-Shearwater 65 3.08 Storm Petrel 7 0.33 Tropicbird 0 0.00 Pelican-Cormorant 126 5.97 Phalarope 4 0.19 Jaeger 12 0.48 Gull 1309 62.04 Tern 2 0.09 Alcid 27 1.28 Miscellaneous 3 0.14 Total 1618 76.68 Ducks: All of the 49 Surf Scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) were within the breakwater of Seal Beach Harbor. Two Red-breasted Mergansers were found on the 14th near the channel islands and another was observed in Seal Beach Harbor. Albatross-Shearwater: The only species found in this area that was absent from the grid was the Slender-billed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris). Black-footed Albatross - 18 birds were observed following the ship