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[[underline]] Saltator, [[/underline]] 
Mar, 30, 1958, IV [[circled]] 6 [[/circled]]
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Later this afternoon, after the 2 birds became a little used to the aviary, they emerged and I got a better view of their TF's  It turns out that the Buff-throat can perform quite an extreme TF's as the Streaked when it is really highly motivated, [[underline]] i.e. [[/underline]]  wants to fly very badly but is also greatly inhibited.
 Both birds may fan their tails a little, during + between TF's. The usual course of their tails during extreme TF's are also somewhat reminiscent of the [[underline]] Ramphocelus [[/underline]] tanagers 
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Well! No sooner said than done! I have now seen both birds perform still another type of TF Extreme V-D, without any lateral component at all.
[[underline]] Saltator , [[/underline]] I
April 1, 1958
Barro Colorado
  The escape or alarm behavior of these birds does really seem to be rather distinctive. They both lurked in the shrubbery almost continuously throughout their first day in the aviary. Then, yesterday, the Streaked emerged, and spent most of its time flying nervously back and forth around the top of the aviary, taking off in alarm every time I made a movement, (i.e. it began to behave like very "nervous" individuals of most of the other species I am studying.) Finally, late today, the Buff-throat emerged and began to fly about nervously like the Streaked.