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[[underlined]] Saltator [[\underlined]], I.  December 14, 1958
Iquitos 
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There is a species of [[underlined]] Saltator [[\underlined]] around here which seems to be [[underlined]] coerulesceus [[\underlined]] (=[[Blue hatch marks]] ). A single ♂. Looks like the illustration in Phelps, except that the under tail-coverts are more strongly rufous.

This ♂ sings & sings & sings. Apparently unmated. Tends to give his WS's from far more concealed sites than any [[underlined]] Saltator [[\underlined]] I have ever seen in Panama. Well hidden by leaves. (This is probably a real specific or individual difference; but it should be noted that almost all the birds around here are shyer than in Panama.) The WS's themselves are quite distinct from those of the Panamanian forms with which I am familiar; but still quite unmistakably Saltator-like. Usually 4 or 5 short notes followed by a longer one: _ _ _ _ _ _____[[last line slopes upward]] Might be transcribed by something like "Duh duh duh duh duh Wheeeeeoooh." Sometimes another "Wheeeooo" type note added on end. Usually rising [[image-upsloping line]], sometimes falling [[image-downsloping line]].

[[underlined Saltator [[\underlined]] , I
  December 15, 1958
Iquitos

I had better modify a little some of my statements yesterday This morning the presumed ♂ Gray Saltator was doing quite a bit of WS from fairly exposed perches high in trees. The WS's themselves just as yesterday.

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