P. De Benedetti 1967 154 Feb 21 Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos. Cool and overcast this A.M. but morning to speak of. Went to bed about 12:30 last night and got up c. 6:30 and got my stuff together. Went to Nelson's for Breakfast and then took off along the old Trail towards Bella Vista. I went up rapidly, not stopping until I reached the Barranco. From here up I spent much time chasing odd songs looking for Camarhynchus psittacula. The vegetation has changed greatly since I last went up, in late Jan. In the lower zone the ground is heavily covered with grass 1 1/2 to 18" high and low herbs are very conspicuous. All the trees are in leaf and it is almost impossible to see far into the forest. The bushes along the trail are now almost knee height and nearly cover the trail. Farther up the trail, above the Barranco, the change is better well defined; the low vegetation is higher and the trees have more leaves. Evidently it was quite muddy, for the trail is well covered with hoof prints. The greatest changes in the birds are the absence of large flocks of Oreospizina on the trail and the presence of family groups of most of the small species (G. fuliginosa, fori and scandens, C. parvulus) + family groups (well grown young) of Nesomimus and Dendroica palmeri. Platyspius was much more conspicuous than the last time; singing males were to be found everywhere along the trail and when