DeBenedetti 1967 (167) Feb 23 Whale Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos. Final donkeys he says are the main problem. The Ecuadorians allow their animals to run free, because if they pen them the pigs ruin the pens. Recently an ordinance requiring the pigs to be penned has been passed and when this is done then an ordinance requiring larger animals to be penned in will be passed. The major damage to the highland vegetation has been the guava (cultivated) which has replaced almost everything. He has not seen a heard raiis on the island but has not tried. Finished skimming at 12:30 and could hardly see straight. Field notes will have to wait until tomorrow A.M. Feb24. Woke up early. Spent the early A.M. skeletonizing the worker and the G. fatis, writing field notes, and then went out to try to catch some workers. We decided to sail back to Santa Cruz tonight, leaving c. 10 P.M. It was rather hot as I carried the net poles, net etc. out. I struggled out c. 1 mile along the road, after checking in Gonatodes (saw more), when a water seep appeared along the right (going to Progresso- past the 1st abrupt cinder cone). Here I heard Workers singing off in the distance and went charging off to set up for them. The ground was densely covered by low vegetation and the soil and lava were barely visible. I was in very open Bussora, inhabited by Geospizas and Tropicornis, which disappear