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[[underlined]]Cyanerpes[[underlined]], Mar. 1, 1958, II    55[[circled page number]]

There are at least 3 Shinings around here, 2 [[male symbol]]'s and 1 [[female symbol]] and possibly more. It is certainly my impression, in general, that Shining Honeycreepers are a good deal more common on BCI than previously thought - certainly much more so than I thought before I got this captive [[female symbol]].

One wild [male symbol] came and sat on the [[female symbol]]'s cage in an extreme St. Posture with definite BL and fluffing. Comme ca: [[drawing of bird]] No CR No wing fluttering. Bill remained quite closed throughout  This performance was accompanied by some R by some bird; but I think that the R was actually uttered by the [[female symbol]] in the cage

There was one long fight, largely supplanting attacks between 2 of the [[male symbol]]'s, which I couldn't follow well; but it was certainly accompanied by lots of R's and Bzz's by one or (more probably) both birds.

Something about this fluffing, in at least one case, made me think of the Gfluff of the Greens. This whole pattern of the Blues and Shinings, in fact, is essentially the same as that of the Greens, except that they have an St. instead of a V.

I have acquired a new [[female symbol]] Blue, banded red right, which has lost its primaries. This bird has been very quiet indeed, ever since I got it - not answering the wild birds or any of its cage mates. Its accident seems to have completely suppressed all its hostility. It doesn't attack other birds; nor does it seem particularly afraid of them. All it does is defend itself when absolutely necessary.
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