Galapagos field notes, v579
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De Bemolili 1964 Feb 23 Wreck Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos. 2 or 3 Myiarchus, a couple of Pairs of Nesomimus. Collected a singing S. Caetospiya here. It is much appreciated than the Santo Cruz form. The song is much like a soft Cactus bird song. "Chun chun chun chun", very deep. The deepness is the best way to tell it from Camarhynchus song. I saw one other on the way up, near the top of the cliffs, which gives way to a forest which extends nearly 7/3's the way to Progreso. The same birds as below occur here + Certhidea. Nesomimus and Myiarchus are common here and it was in this I saw the Pyrocephalus at the A.M. An Aeschnid dragonfly + the libellamid species we saw on Ferdinandina were fairly common along the path. and the sulfur butterfly, Phoebis, was common in a low, orange-flowered begonia along the path. Saw 2 Vanessa carpae and a number of Blue (Lycaenidae) (H. isola?) and a Urbanus skipper. There were 10+ Queens, Danaus bernice, along the path (which has not been reported from this islands according to Dr. Uniqua) and a t! of bright yellow & black wasps. Moths were common + saw Myiarchus chasing them. Above the forest Oranges (scattered Paul Trees) and Manzanillo trees become more and more common; litchees hang from the trees like Spanish moss and small ferns are frequent. Cultivated Agave is frequent here. The 2 Geospiza becomes less common, while