P. De Beeclelti 1964 Creagurs Feb 18 Punta Suarez, Isla Espanola, Galapagos. so went into a normal position. Extreme postures was sometimes like The 1st pair mentioned were standing together, one nibbling on the rope and crown of the other. The latter stood with the tail high, breast low, tail down (1) and gradually went into a much steeper posture, more extreme of its same, then came out: nibbling continued for a minute or so, always by the same bird, then it quit and both birds preened the scapulars and back feathers; shortly after the preened bird went into a "sleep posture". - postures - (1) (2) (3) The white base to the tail was quite conspicuous in the sleep posture, and no obvious feather erection in any of these. This pair has a 1/4 grown downy young which I can see occ. over the ledge. A pair on the level c. 6 ft from me were quite alarmed and occ. go into an oblique with a call from the rest posture. The neck is retracted, the bird horizontal and forward and the carpus in; the body looks