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transcribed as “Kew” or “Kioo”.  They sound very much like the most common notes in the Dawn Calling of Crimson-backed Tanagers (which are abundant in many of the same areas as Streaked Saltators).  It is, in fact, sometimes impossible to tell which species is uttering the notes when the performing individual is not in sight.  Most of the “Kew” or “Kioo” Notes uttered by Streaked Saltators are very uniform in pitch.  Sometimes, however, single notes which are very much higher in pitch but otherwise similar to ordinary ”Kew”s are interjected in the series at irregular intervals.  All or most Dawn Calling performances also include single brief Rattles, or “Kew” Notes with a pronounced rattling “undertone”, as well as the clear notes.  These rattling notes may be uttered in regular alternation with typical “Kew” or Kioo” Notes, or interjected less frequently and apparently at random.  These performances are reminiscent of the Dawn Calling performances of Crimson-backed Tanagers in which single guttural or semi-rattling “Kraa” or Kraanh” Notes are interjected among typical “Kew”s. It seems very likely that the Dawn Calling of Streaked Saltators, or at least their “Kew” or “Kioo” Notes, are also similar to the corresponding patterns of related species in being produced by (thwarted) sexual motivation and functioning as a signal to attract or summon mates or potential mates.

     The dawn “song” of Streaked Saltators in Costa Rica which Skutch transcribes as “chip rrr chup chup chip rrr...” is probably Dawn Calling like that of the Panamanian birds.
     Eisenmann transcribes what seems to be Dawn Calling by Streaked Saltators on Barro Colorado Island as “chee-oo, chee-oo, chee-oo, cheeeee-oo” etc.

     The most characteristic vocalizations of Streaked Saltators in central Panama are Day Songs.  These are series of extremely varied notes.  The series are always brief, [[underlined]] i.e. [[/underlined]] more or less determinate in length.  A typical “complete” Day Song begins with two or three short and rather “colorless” notes, each of which might be transcribed by something like “Duh”.  When three of these notes are uttered, the interval between the first and second notes usually is longer than the interval between the second and third notes.  The first note often is