Galapagos field notes, v579
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De Benedetti 1964 March 5 Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador short stubby billed. ? puttin never heard it sing or call for certain. In the same situation as th other seedeater-type finches. Very pretty. Sporophila aurita 47 Seedeaer - only saw this two or three times, may be 1st year (juv.) of # 22. The back is brown, pale, with a pale malus throught the wings in grey with a white spot at the base of the primarics, the tail slant. No song for this. 48 Hummingbird - straight red + black-tipped bill, (back) + top of head green with a bluish iridescence, a forked green gorget, white breast, buff sides, belly, wings, tail + lower abdomen. large Fanmed, forked tail. Saw about 4th these in exposed bushes in the patches of shrubbery somewhat larger than Eulypte annae. 49 ? Ibis - brown body, greyish neck, straight, dull pointed billed, orange (dull) with black tips. Black eyes. Stretches neck when alarmed. Flies with a heavy, short, stiff wing beat, the primarics wide open. [illegible] the neck out. Saw 3 of them. The only Ciconiform bird for the area seen well today. (palem sized) 50 small flycatcher. faintly streaked on back and breast. Back brown, belly yellow, grey (ashy) head t-brest; a pale superciliary and 2 & yellowish wing bars. Tail forked or double rounded. Female