Galapagos field notes, v579
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DeBenedetti 1964 March 5 Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador. a fresh thin flew off when I approached. Only saw one, in the A.M. Flavicola pica? (59) Charadrius plown, a little larger than Semipal. brown back, rufous nape, 1 black collar, black /re head (+ white to over eye), eye stripe and lower side of neck to collar. Long, thin black bill, pink legs. Call a melodious "Eolia braidi" like call, short, + raotle. Runs on ground and tries to hide in grass or crouches in old footprints in the mud. Flight patter is a light wing stripe & white tail sides. Collared Plover? (60) Charadrius plowr - slightly larger than the above, pale on back. white nape, large black bill, shaped, black. legs pink. Same flight pattern as the above. Some with brown collars, others with black forehead (thus white to behind eye), black eyestrips, 1 black neck band.). Pink eyes. Runs when chased, doesn't likes to fly. More in flocks thunder above. Both were on the bare mud near the lake. This is ? Wilson's Plover. (61) "Hawk" - black with long black legs, white head and orange bill; one had orange wattles. Tail white with narrow black tip, large white patch at the base of the primaries. Black crest (and eye stripes). Saw only 1 pair in trail thru near the heavy forest; flushed at a long range. silent. Very large Buteco size.