P DeBenedictis 1964 19 Jan on board "Golden Bear" in the Galapagos. While the boat coasted for the initiation we saw many storm petrels at close range, and I took pictures of a few. + 1 or 2 pictures of Isabella (canus [illegible]). At least 3 types seem to be present, best distinguished by the white tail band, and flight. One has a wide band, forked tail and slow flight, apparently castes as we have seen before. Another has a forked tail, broad white band which goes nearly to the root of the tail, and on rapid wingbeat, glides little, and often flies quite high above the water. The bird pattern is best seen when the bird opens the tail; may have photos. Suspect this is O. lethyus. The third is the same size as above, perhaps with a lower faster wing beat, and patterns over the water a lot. No white on belly conspicuous, but white on tail only about 1/2 as wide as in the above. This species has feet long, project belonging. This may be O. gracilis, and Tried to get photo of it. Saw this with the "Lethus", (Drawing not to scale. After starting again saw 2 Swallow-tailed Gulls, adults. Flight like a large gull, black narrower and wing light. Thus a Sabina at 1st impression. Didn't see it long. By the time we got to just N Cowley I. we had begun to see great concentration of the Puffinies and Northern Phalaropes. Flocks of up to 100 puffins and 1-2000 phalaropes were not infrequent, and they were co-