Galapagos field notes, v579
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DeBenedictis 1964 latialles 21 Jan. Santa Cruz, Galapagos arch. (# 281) bird bought in wet market by an unidentified Ecuadorian about 7 P.M. Jan 21. died the evening of Jan 23, prob. of starvation, often alive at this date. Iris deep (brownish) red, bright; legs dull flesh color, upper mandible dark grey, lower greyish olive. skull: [drawing] left testis whitish/olive, right testis - yellowish, misshapen; fairly heavy advanced molt of the dorsal tracts skin very tough and hard to remove from the back. decay musculature on legs, little on wings. Crop contained 3 small bits of gravel 2-3 mm in dia.