De Benedictis 1964 104 Feb. 12 Puntas Suarez, Espanola (Hotel) Is., Galapagos. small ledges 200 ft from the water. Tide high when I was out. (Aborded up in the evening, moderate wind). About 1/8 mile from the Pt on the S side the 1st Forked Tailed gulls were to be seen, and these became increasingly common until they were the commonest bird on the cliff (next Blue-footed Booty) at the really steep cliff. Neston ledges from above the spray line to the very top of the cliff. Most of the nests I found contained one fluffy, spotted egg, but saw 2 fledged young birds, one which could and did fly, and one which wore in this same plumage but didn't fly. The young is more spotted than a Venus, above [illegible] differs in the same way the adult does, the smoothe black triangle on its primaries. It has a suggestion of a dark collar and a prominent black spot above and below the back of the eye. The adults (and young) are very large billed, this especially apparent when they curl, and the red eye ring is quite conspicuous. The white notes are not curling those of other gulls but it has three rattles notes, whose [illegible] I know only the beginning of the long call of L. felizinosu. The rattle and whistles can occur at the same time. The curling portion seem to be a high and a very high oblique, with its carpal out'. Little sign of any other postures. Furthest out, where the cliff was very high groups of 6-8 Tropic birds could be seen choosing one