DeBenedictis 1964 Feb 17 Center of Isla Espanola (Hood), Galapagos. Did not climb the two peaks but went over a ridge at c. 350 ft., and angled [illegible] for a ways, then w towards camp. The country here was very open and dry; found one clay pot hole and saw one group of ? goats (the largest group we saw on L trip). We ate lunch under an Opuntia, and saw a # of small black ants here. Flies bothered me a little but they are not nearly as bad [as] at Punta Suarez. A few mosquitoes. Only saw a Phylloscopus under a rock near here. The trip from the high peaks to camp was uneventful. We went through very dry open mesquite acacia with large areas of red soil- cava rock in between, where Geospiza's, mocking and doves were conspicuous. Lots of Tropidion. Much of this country reminds me of some of the low open scrub forest on Mt. Diablo, even the soil texture being much the same. In its distance many of the curbs of Neosminas are quite like the