F DeBernadichis 1967 31 Jan Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos. tail cooked, but not fleshed much. While tropicbird conspicuous in flight. They come readily & silently to squeaking. Most activity in the open (tossed) in A.M and in P.M. Got into comp again about 11. Dr. Miller was working out a Penguin and several Brown Pelicans, Frigatebirds, and a few Oceniles and a h. fuliginosa had come in. 2 Penguins and a Cormorant feeding off the reef. Dr. Miller shot 7 Petrels and a Oystucatcher off the Pt. Got a picture of this. Consider it most remarkable. One of the Ocenile came very close in and I could see the foot action the leg is dropped down and back c. 45° and the foot is move back and out about 2/sec., for 1/2 to 1 sec. Saw one pick up a small scrap of meat from the penguin. Most of the time they don't seem to catch much. One was pulling, then plopped belly into the H₂O, then flew off. didn't see what it got. All the birds are in very heavy molt, for one I skinned in most on all the body tracks. 1-4 primary + upper. the tail feathers molting in, rest old. skull [illegible] apparently along finer lines of the skull. Stomach full of a white fluid, a pink globe, and black spots. This appears to be eggs and body of a minute soft bodied shipworm, with few appendages. Although Halobate was common in one of the logoom over which they were feeding, no remains were in any of the stomachs. After lunch Skinned one of the Petrels and then went out on the lava with Dave Reichmann. Finally clouded up and an nice breeze came in. The tide is high now, but uses the same area I visited in the A.M. Looks dike a lake with peninsulas of lava jutting in the water. The tropidug, have been forced out of the lake beds and are up on the rocks.