P. De Benedicti 1964 Feb. 13 Pinta Suarez, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos are all over the place and make quite a bit of noise as the walk about. They much prefer to walk but do fly a little. They wander up to me, pick something up from the ground, look at me, wander closer, feed + and look again, walk part, just at a safe distance, and then disappear into the bushes. Most birds I see are staring at me, but a few are seen foraging. Mostly they walk, stand and peck, but they thrash effectively and efficiently, throwing small debris 5"/10" into the air and to far to the side. This living occurs mainly under dense bushes but I saw it clearly at least 3 times today and heard what was probably thrashing elsewhere. Dr. Bartholomew saw one [illegible] 6" Tropicdunes and R.Tony Peterson saw one kill a young Marshel Booby. I found One fresh, complete empty nest in a dense (?Cordia) bush about 4' from the ground, and 3' from the top of the bush. 9/10 one side in the densest part of the brush. Structurally the nest was of coarse sticks with a fine bark & grass lining, about 15 inches in diameters, much like the nest of a Sage Thrasher. Also saw an old nest a little lower to the ground an in a now dead brush. Saw makers remain dry grass or straw from an old Geospiza nest, which are quite widely distributed in the cluser bushes. Saw one Dronicus about the same size as the one I caught yesterday, about 10 A.M., but missed it in the tangle of twigs and leaves in which it was crawling. Tropicdunes fairly common. Young to 5" long to be length. Saw two Ps facing