De Benedicti 1964 223 March 6 on board "Golden Bean", Guayaquil to Coco Island 10:30 the Boobies peeled out, but a small ten, Sterna sp. appeared in the hundreds far off shore. flying about in large open flocks and feeding in dense circular flocks, skimming from the surface like Novices. They mostly stayed 100 ft out to be identified, but seemed to be one of the limundo type, with a prominent pale collar, and the whole edge of the wing-dark, especially below. Caps hard to see, probably incomplete. They were about 7-6" smaller than laughing Grebs. There was 1 or 2 groups of hunting fools way out, and about 11:30 saw 2 Black Petrels. Slept most of the afternoon, and about 3:15 saw one Marked Booby. lots of flying fish. I may fish trailing the surface. Near the mouth of the Bay of Guayaquil Porpoises came very close to the ship with a poor peato > and were pale greyish olive with a darker, sharply set off dorsal band as so: (dorsal) view.) times seemed to have a poorly defined clutch (which bundles well, but this may have been a bright light-effect. The dorsal fin was quite high. They were in small groups, often our 2 or 4 and never more than 10. From about 9:30 to 10:30 we had Peasnotes. Pelamis platina in sight almost constantly. They were swimming on the surface, slow undulations and one one would