Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. DeBenedictis 1964 Feb 23 Weeks Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos. Geithicus and Camarhynchus increase in #s; the latter makes maximal #s in the forest below, while Geithicus is common above. Myiarchus pets out here, while warblers follow the same pattern as Camarhynchus. Platyspiza were scattered in this forest and the zone below, not nearly as common as in Santa Cruz; Cactospiza is at maximal #s at the top of the Cordia forest. Found two parrots with Ceid beetles about 1/4 mile out of Progressor. They were on a dead branch on a patch of cleared ground. (Prob. Araura). The Geithicus I took were a matured pair, and both bled backly when shot. The ♀ had a 1/2