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and the rain continued) Singing alone + exposed in small tree 8ft above ground. SEE TODAY'S NOTES ON ATLAPETES.
[[In red in margin]] Brun [[/In red in margin]] 6:55 See single Brun [[check mark above]]alone
7:00 See single [[underlined]] A. schistaceus [[/underlined]] (obviously same individual) moving thru hedge. Still alone Quite noisy, uttering "PN"s and "CN"s
[[In red in margin]] Brun [[In red in margin]] 7:20 See another single Brun [[checkmark above]].
7:55 See a single thrush. Sooty all over (brownish-sooty) Coral bill, orange legs, yellow-orange eye-ring. Possibly just "the" Quito species (LVII A), but it looks larger. Really enormous in fact.
[[In red in margin]] Brun IV[[In red in margin]]
8:10 See another pair of Thlypopsis XXXIII alone. Noisy. See another Brun [[checkmark above]] alone. Silent.
See a IV hummingbird sitting alone and silent
8:27. See another pair Thlypopsis XXXIII alone. Also noisy.
Leaving 8:35.
Return to hotel in Tarma. Also drizzling here. 
While having second breakfast here (ca 9:00-9:15 am) see both a [[underlined]]P. gayi[[/underlined]] and a Light capped Thrush carrying n.m.!!! The [[underlined]]gayi[[/underlined]] apparently nest-building on or under roof of the hotel.
These last 2 incidents - plus the singing of [[underlined]] A. schistaceus[[/underlined]] - would suggest that the breeding season may be beginning with a bang today. Can this be due to the rain? There has certainly been more rain this morning than on any other [[underlined]] day [[/underlined]] of my visit this year (altho it has been raining at night from the beginning).
The fauna here is really quite surprisingly different from the Quito fauna. There may be almost as great a variety of species (of the humid temperate bush-warbler, bush-finch, tanager and honey creeper group) here as in Quito, but only a few of the species are common.