P. De Benedicts 1964 Feb 5 Ecuadorian Pilot Boat, Fernandina to off S. Isabella Is. Galapagos. Boat back to Academy Bay. We left the Pt. at 3:30 and I tried to sleep until light. Overcast and very windy, the boat ride very rough. Between 6:30 and 8AM I attempted to census the birds etc. seen: TIME: PUFFINS L. O. gracilis C. tethys O. castro Frigatebird. Suladact. 6:30- 7:00 6 35 1 - 8 - 7:00- 7:30 25+ - 1 - 1 - 7:30- 8:00 150-200 25 10 3 2 2 North Phalorope Brown Noddy Sea lion 6:30- 7:00 - - - 7:00- 7:30 - 2 - 7:30- 8:00 4 - 4 numbers something less than the last half hour were the rule for most of the day. Early in the AM, most of the O. gracilis were flying about 10 feet off the water, c. 4 wing beats/sec, the wing beat about as deep as one wing was long as no high above the body as deep below it (drawing), flap for 1-3 seconds, then glides for 1-3 sec, usually glide for a shorter time than the flap, flying more or less straight until some- things in the water seen, when the bird circles back, fanning the tail, and drops to a near the water's surface. (drawing) path of flight touch water surface. land on the water with the wings raised into remain only less than 1/2 a sec. Glides with down curved wings. (drawing) Oceanodroma