De Benedicti 1967 46 24 Jan Academy Bay to Narborough Fs, Galapagos up after we got there. A very cloudy day, and not much done as usual. The other sail died today and proved to be a F in breeding condition. 25 Jan. rained heavily off and on during the night, and continued on into Las A.H. about 6. Got up about 7 and slogged over to Dennis's Store to board the Ecuadorian Patrol boat bound for Pt. Espinoza. Had mild dysentery, and slept much of strip over. Cleaned up quite a bit in the daylight and got fairly sunburned. Saw c Wavel Albatros on the waters c. 1 du. out of Academy Bay. Petrels and Puffins present in small #s. Most of the Petrels, c. 55% were O. tetrig, about 40% were O. gracili and the rest castor. This an average for the trip. Most of the petrels were along the S. shore of Isabella. Only saw small flocks of Puffins + Northen Phalaropes near the SW end of Santa Cruz. Saw three Tropicbirds (Red-bill) near the SE part of Isabella. Only scattered Puffins and phalaropes here. Near the radio tower at the SE end of Isabella went by large Blue-footed Booby colony, birds diving on the water. Brown Pelicans, Masked Boobies, Frigate- with common here and saw a large flight Gilded Puffins (? cretopus), 3x as large as the thalabons I knew waters. In thin petrels seem to be sorting out fairly well. O. castor has long primaries and a short deep