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[[underlined]] appear to be quite different from that of the birds of the Western and Central Cordilleras! [[/underlined]]

My notes on the preceding pages may be inadequate in one respect. They may not emphasize one aspect of the population here as much as it should be stressed. At all times, this morning, I could hear birds in the scrub - even when I couldn't see them. Thus the population appeared to be fairly evenly distributed - only a little more concentrated than usual in certain localities where [[underlined]] diffuse [[/underlined]] flocks appeared to have been formed. This sort of distribution is [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] different from the distribution of birds in the Western and Central Cordilleras. In the Western and Central Cordilleras, one finds large, concentrated, and coherent flocks. These flocks usually are separated by "extensive" (and prolonged) "deserts" - i.e. areas apparently devoid of life. [[underlined]] But there were no "deserts" near Agua Bonito this morning! [[/underlined]]

The environment at Agua Bonito looks very much like the forest and scrub near Telefersco #1 on the Pico de Espejo near Merida. And the mixed flocks probably are similar in both areas.
Equally diffuse (and equally difficult to "recognize").

This afternoon, going to work on Guadelupe. 

Cloudy. Fairly windy. Fairly cool. Start at Prime Eucalypt area Then go up hill. Then down hill. 4:05 pm. Region fairly low but very thick, moist scrub. 
[[margin, in blue]] I  H O [[/margin]]
Lots of bamboo. 9800 ft. See pair of [[two check marks]] [[two blue check marks]] [[insert,circled]] 1 [[/insert]] [[underlined]] B. nigrocristatus [[/underlined]] 3 - 4 ft up. Silent. Also hear Atlapetes "Seeeet" Notes in same general area. Presumably uttered by PR's (in this locality).

A few minutes later, see 1 [[check mark]] [[blue check mark]] [[insert,circled]] 2 [[/insert]] Sitti (is this the first Sitti I have ever seen on Guadelupe???) 
[[margin, in red]] Sitti [[/margin]]
and 1 White-bearded flycatcher [[check mark]] [[blue check mark]] [[insert,circled]] 3 [[/insert]]. Same area. Moving at same elevations above ground. [[underlined]] Both quiet. [[/underlined]] Both [[underlined]] probably [[/underlined]] f [[start of right pointing arrow which ends on next page]]