Viewing page 51 of 114

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], Feb. 22, 1958, II    51

cap was quite separate from the black ruff during CR

[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], I      February 23, 1958
Barro Colorado

A pair (presumably the same pair) of Shinings came back for a very brief visit this morning. Just sat in the tree-tops and peered
The general habits of this species certainly are like [[Dainis?]]!

[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], I  February 24, 1958
Barro Colorado

Just at dawn this morning, the captive [[female symbol]] Shining sat and gave several R's, each one immediately followed by one or more Bzz's. Rather [[remini?]]s of the R-Rsp performances of the Greens.
She does tend to do St's with her Bzz's when another bird comes too close, but these are always short-necked (like my drawings on previous pages) and she doesn't seem to have anything like the reg erect St's of the [[female symbol]] Blues.
She once definitely did Bzz's before, during, and after an attack on a [[male symbol]] Blue.
She also sometimes gives Bzz's when she is sitting more or less by herself, in a moderately relaxed posture, with all plumage slightly fluffed. Further proof that Bzz's can be very low intensity.
Finally the wild pair came to visit again. Nothing very exciting, behavior much as usual, but a little more interesting than yesterday. Again, the [[male symbol]] was in all degrees of St for much
[[end page]]