Survey identified 2,534 dead seabirds along 1,665 miles in New Zealand, highlighting the prevalence of albatrosses.
During 1969, 1,665 miles of coast were patrolled by 99 members of O.S.N.Z. and 2,534 dead seabirds were found. No species was exceptionally abundant but there was a high proportion of albatrosses relative to other years The rarest specimens were an oriental cuckoo Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi and an Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea.
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