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es are comparatively rare here.)

I saw [[3 checkmark]] 3 [[/checkmark]] [[underline]] A. s. taczanowskii [[/underline]] alone. Two birds moving about very close together, and a third associating with them but keeping slightly farther away Quite alone. Uttering lots of "Fut" Notes (SEE TODAY'S NOTES ON ATLAPETES). Also began to hop around quite excitedly when they got near to me. Almost a mobbing reaction. [[underline]] Nevertheless [[/underline]] no other bird(s) joined them.

I heard quite a lot of [[underline]] Atlapetes s. taczanowskii songs and PN's (without being able to see the performing birds) earlier in the morning when I first arrived in the area. I am now convinced that there are really quite a lot of these birds in this area, at a high altitude, if not at lower altitudes.

After 7:30 a.m., the whole area was drenched in fog and light rain. Nevertheless, there were still no signs of mixed flocks. I think that I can be sure that mixed flocks are really absent in this area. Possibly, as near Quito, the birds of different species are positively avoiding one another.

[[margin,red]] Brun [[/margin, red]] I saw one case of inter-specific aggression this morning. A [[checkmark above]] Firebelly attacked and chased a smaller bird (probably a [[checkmark]] Brun [[/checkmark]]). Firebellies of the central Andean area do seem to be very aggressive!

Going to work at base of road to Pect area this afternoon. Arrive 3:40. Cloudy but no rain (yet). (Note: this is the area where I saw so many Orange-billed Saltators during my last visit.)

3:55. See a single [[underline]] P. gayi [[/underline]] alone. In dense scrub 5 – 10 ft high. Not in fields.

[[margin,red]] CC [[/margin,red]] Pair of [[2 checkmark]] CC's [[/checkmark]] fly by. Uttering "Seeeet"s. Then land in bush. One utters twitter as "greeting" or landing call. Then both feed. Apparently in or on clusters