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[[underline]] Saltator [[/underline]] March 3, 1958, II
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one up in my hands) they fight and behave just like Ant Tanagers 
Lots of H Ser- apparently indistinguishable from that of the Ant Tanager.
  I have now seen a little more of the Flicking. WF's are certainly rare in both these Saltators (as compared with many other tanagers) and relatively slight apparently always coordinated with TF's; and the WF movements themselves are merely very slight (straight) upward movements of the (folded) wings, with little or no spreading of the primaries. The TF's are more conspicuous (and perhaps commoner?) Very different in the 2 species (or at least the 2 individuals I have in the cage) The tail of the Streaked seems to be "loosely attached" to the body; it seems to sort of flop around. (It is possible that this birds tail was somewhat damaged during capture- but I am not so sure about this as I once was) Anyhow the TF's of the Streaked are much more conspicuous and extreme than those of the Buff-throat Usually V-D, with quite a pronounced lateral component (But these TF's are certainly less extreme than those of the Sangre de Toros of Blue black Grassquits) The TF's of the Buff-throat are very slight and quick movements , very difficult to see; usually V-D, I think, with little or no lateral component.
   These 2 captive birds have done quite a little bit of fighting. Brief face to face pecking bouts, when they happen to come too close to one another on a perch. Usually accompanied (preceded or followed) by definite silent G's, apparently the same in both birds. Sometimes, during the longest and/or most obviously violent disputes, also accompanied by a few