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See several [[2 checkmarks over previous word]] more[[2 blue checkmarks over previous word]] Humers [[The circled number 27, blue, over previous word]] and at least [[1 blue checkmark over previous word]]1 Laf [[The number 28 in parentheses, blue, and 1 checkmark over previous word]] alone. Stopping observations 8:40 a.m.

COMMENTS:

I. I presume that all the "Yellowfaces" here are, in fact, White-spectacled Whitestarts.

II. It is really [[underline]] very [[/underline]] remarkable that Yellowbellies seem to be absent from this region. The Agua Bonita area would appear to be highly suitable for the species (judging from its preferences in the Central and Western Cordilleras).The areas on Guadalupe where I have been working also look suitable. (There is little but scrub on this particular side of Guadalupe. But Yellowbellies certainly do occur in scrub elsewhere – even if they prefer – as they probably do – forested areas.)[[underline]] Is the Yellowbelly primarily a species of borders or frontiers [[/underline]] ???

III. Certainly the bad weather this morning did [[underline]] not [[/underline]] appear to stimulate the formation of mixed flocks.

In this connection, the [[underline]] nature [[/underline]] of the bad weather this morning would appear to be particularly significant. During [[underline]] most [[/underline]] of the morning (after the immediate dawn.), There was fine rain (a real drizzle) with some light patches of fog, and relatively [[underline]] little [[/underline]] wind. This is just the sort of weather which I would expect to stimulate the formation of mixed flocks in the Western Cordillera (at least on Munchique). I.E. the birds here [[underline]] certainly do not [[/underline]] react to weather in the same way as the birds of Munchique!!!

NOTE: All my work on Guadalupe, so far, has been on the side
[[margin,red]] Gen [[/margin]] of the mountain facing the city of Bogota itself. I.E.the West Side. This side really is quite humid. But the local fogs and rains usually or al