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[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], Feb. 25, 1958, III   (54)

The younger miniature captive [[male symbol]] Blue suddenly flew to a [[female symbol]] this evening, and gave a few Wh Notes in an extreme St, with CR, BL, wings drooped, a [[underlined]]tail raised[[/underlined]] posture (i.e. a posture very much like the Shining posture drawn on Feb. 21, p. 47)!! The [[female symbol]] immediately flew away and the [[male symbol]] then relaxed and made no attempt to follow her.

[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], I.    February 26, 1958
                                             Barro Colorado

The old white left [[male symbol]] Blue did a little "silent song" (SS) again this morning. Again looked like the WS of the younger [[male symbol]]'s, without any trace of bill movements or apparent sound during most of the performance. But this white left [[male symbol]], this morning, did utter a few very soft notes, which appeared to be a very soft but just barely audible version of HCN's, during his SS - and his bill did open & shut visibly during these particular notes.
I should mention the fact that the crest is always oral - most always raised during these WS's and SS's, and that it remains raised during the HCN's and HCN-like notes associated with the singing.

[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[/underlined]], I      March 1, 1958
                                             Barro Colorado

I have taken the captive [[female symbol]] Shining out of the aviary, put her in a small cage under the Balsa, and watched the behavior of all the Shinings in the neighborhood.
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