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almost the exact reverse of those in Panamá. Rainy season begins in December. Lasts about 3 (4) months. Rest of the year dry.

May 25, 1966
Carpish Pass

Going to work on Huanuco side of pass again. Another ravine. Higher than the one worked yesterday. 8800 ft according to my altimeter now. Arrive 5:45 am. Starting to get light. Clear. Fog already present at slightly higher elevations

A few miscellaneous bird sounds (mostly thrush) ca 5:53.

Vegetation here somewhat mixed. Lots of dense scrub and low forest. Some obviously second growth. Some apparently AS.

[[margin in red]] Pect? [[/margin]]

First Pect or Whitestart-like Song 6:00 am

[[margin in red]] Pect? [[/margin]]

6:02 Now I am almost certain that the bird uttering these Songs is Pect. Songs quite typical in form. [[underline]]Except[[/underline]] that they are divided into somewhat [[underline]]shorter[[/underline]] phrases than most Songs uttered later in the day. Nevertheless, the bird is uttering phrase after phrase at [[underline]]very[[/underline]] short intervals. All songs NODWAH.

Then see pair [[^2 checkmarks]] PL Atlapetes 50 ft away. 2 feet up in AS. Definitely alone. Utter "greetings". Completely overlapped by presumed Pect Song. Then PL's utter 1 or 2 Whistle Songs. Also completely overlapped by presumed Pect. PL's move away.

Presumed Pect continuous as before. Then there is a sudden outburst of loud R's and more formless twitters, mingled with Song, from same area. [[underline]]And then I see that there is a [[2 checkmarks]] pair of presumed H. frontal[[/underline]] 

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whitestart Whitertart? Could you let the transcriber know the conventions of using [[underline]] [[/underline]]? janetjschoor@aol.com