Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. De Benediclis 1964 105 Feb 12 Punta Suarez, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos another along the cliff face, utters a tin-like "kree-ree reee-ree" call. A few flew over land and saw one place on the cliff visited by adults twice. A few adults were but. hole in the terrain (7:30 on) Audubon shearwaters appeared and flew into the cracks in the cliff; soaring about in circles, over the ocean in groups of 5-10, as in Academy Bay, before going into the cliffs. No other procellarids from birds seen, but picked up a complete Albatross skull from a few other disarticulated bones. The commonest bird on the point seems to be Mocker the Dove (followed by Cuthriches, the G. conirostris, then G. fuliginosa. They are evidently nesting in the rocks; flushed one bird out but couldn't find the nest. Saw one walking after another into hundred portion?, tai?, wing?, and the body feathers raised. the bird being displayed to walker away and showed no special posture. Two other doves showed repeated attempts to mount each other, (as far as I could be sure), one, thus the other flying-jumping, with open wings and jammed tail on top of the other bird. This would go on for 5+ seconds, then they would separate, and lows to take others (usually) a one to the other, the wings out and tightly dropped and the upper tail coverts raised; alternating posture as shown on the next page: