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23 Jan
Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Is., Galapagos.
saw a pair copulate. I came with wings outspread,
fluttering, head high, all body feathers erect, legs tooled
I sleeked, bill up, body down, tail up. male after
flipped wing towards the f. & posture
& wing
as such. & sang before
1st copulation, when 3rd, several tries, then silent
while mounted; cop. c. 1-2 sec., perched 3rd feet from
f, mounted again after 2 songs, cop. 1-2 sec.;
I held posture whole time, after second she gave high
peterled squeaking sound 1st sec. slowly arose to normal
posture; f perched with all feathers fluffed and
head very high. wings in, tail straight, legs very high.
f legs very high during whole cop. c.5&sec. before
1st cop., 2-3 sec. between 1st and 2nd. & sang after cop 1stus,
two perched for while, then flew off.
male post cop. posture. now of the
while.