Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. DeBeneeditis 1464 March 5 Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador. 55 Wren - about as big as a small Cactus Wren. Refrors, wings and tail cross banded, tail square, white supercillies, bordered with black. Plain pale buffy below, refrors under the tail & under tail coverts, bending, unmarkeded. Like a Giant Refors "Bewick's Wren. No noise but a rat-a-tat (fast)-like buzz sawed. Saw only 1 or 2 pairs in scrub. 56 Woodpecker - Downy woodpecker size. Brown back, white belly marked with gray, tail with long, black & white stripes. ? gray headed. ? with yellow forehead, black [illegible], each feather with white tip spot. Breast pattern was of five lines of darker gray as: over-> tail= [illegible] long. -> Saw only one pair in the A.H. 57 (2) Cuckoo - 12-14" long (fair size) Brown above, streaked with darker, crested, crown black; a long rect. pale spot from eye to the [illegible], black malar stripe. Lightly buffy below, unmarkeded. Bill short, decurved. Sat on top of a dead brush in the scrub and sang, a clear double whistle, melodious, "whee wee ". Over and over. Saw only 1 and heard 2 more. No markings in flight. 58 "Flycatcher"- gray, paler below, with a black crest and eye stripe; black wings & 2 white wing bars & white feather edging; tail black with white tip, shortish. Bill black, tip [illegible]. Sat quietly in