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[[underline]] gaps in order to get there. [[/underline]] The Central Cordillera, being surrounded by insular montane areas on almost all sides, might be expected to be invaded (over gaps)more frequently than any other part of the Andes.
   Comparisons between the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia and the Sierra de Merida on the one hand, and between the Eastern and Central Cordilleras on the other hand, [[underline]] should [[/underline]] confirm the conclusions suggested by the comparison between the Central and Western Cordilleras.
   This afternoon working nearer the Fuica. Arrive patch of forest where Slate-throat flock seen yesterday 3:30 pm. It is still nice weather (altho there are rain clouds and thunder in distance, and patches of fog are not far away).   Not a trace of bird here now!!! No sight or sound. Does [[underline]] good [[/underline]] weather discourage the formation of mixed flocks among the birds at this altitude???
  Fog comes in 3:40 pm. Only a couple of minutes later, I hear my first CN-like Notes!
   A few minutes later, hear first thrush sounds. Also something which may be a Dubusia in distance!
   Then see group [[underline]] 4 [[/underline]] thrushes together. In trees. Apparently alone. Uttering lots of thin, high "Seeeeee" Notes. One supplants another in an apparently hostile manner. With "squawk". Then all fly off. 
A little further on, see single thrush alone. 
Fog now getting thicker 4:05 pm Then lifts temporarily 4:15 Still no real activity in this patch of forest. 
4:32 pm. Again see pair thrushes apparently alone. 
4:35. Hear something that sounds like Albi R.