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[[flu]]ffed "Hunched" patterns of many related species.

    Buff-throated Saltators were not observed to perform copulatory patterns. Perhaps they tend to copulate in denser vegetation than do Streaked Saltators

 THE GRAY SALTATOR  [[underline]] (S.  coerulescens) [[/underline]] 

    A few Gray Saltators were observed in the countryside near Iquitos, Peru, between December 14 and December 24, 1958. They were found along the edge of second growth forest and scrub, and did not seem to be more gregarious than other species of the genus. According to Hellmayr [[underline]] (op. cit.), [[/underline]] the Gray Saltators of this region belong to the subspecies [[underline]] azarae. [[/underline]]

    Some individuals (known or presumed males) uttered loud phrases which appeared to be Day Songs whenever they found themselves alone. These phrases were composed of "Duh" Notes and Whistles which sounded very much like the corresponding patterns of Streaked Saltators. The form of the phrases was somewhat variable. One individual, for instance, uttered some phrases which consisted of four or five "Duh" Notes followed by one lone Whistle, and other phrases of one "Duh" Note followed by two long Whistles followed by two more "Duh" Notes followed by one more, rather short, Whistle. Most Day Songs were uttered from the rather exaggerated, but not necessarily ritualized, upright posture illustrated in figure _____.

    Some of the same individuals also uttered much softer phrases composed of a few "Duh" Notes followed by one Rattle. One individual (at least) uttered three soft phrases when it was "semi-isolated", [[underline]] i.e. [[/underline]] when there was another individual (possibly its mate) in the neighborhood but not close by.

    Several individuals were heard to utter metallic (and possibly slightly nasal) "Trit" notes

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Transcription Notes:
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878 – 1944) was an Austrian ornithologist.