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De Benedetti
1964
Cereops
Feb 19 Perita Suarez, Ister Espanola, Galapagos
one bird which had been standing alone on
a ledge with head up and forward, bill
open, for several minutes. opened bill
moved neck forward and down &
lowered 2-3 times and regurgitated a
mass of fibrous tan colored food 1/2" in dia.
(foot)
on the bare rock, which was then left alone
the carapal dropped on the bow movements
The bird assumed a
rest position shortly after
this.
These were the only "choke"-like postures
seen. Saw one bird alone toss its bill up to
slightly beyond its vertebral
node in bill
closed.
Two birds together on a small ledge 6-8
inches apart, one in rest posture other with neck
c.1/2 extended mostly up. The latter reached forward
and nibbled the feathers over and behind the eye of
the former, for 1/2 a second, stopped, then swepted the
bill through its scopolus, assumed a rest position,
than repeated nibbling on the auriculars. The 2nd
bird remained in a rest posture the whole time
and finally both moved about going farther apart
and staying in rest or slight neck up posture.