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[[circle]]8[[/circle]] is not a "frontier" area, In the sense that the temperate and upper sub-tropical zones are completely cut off from similar zones to the north, the patches of temperate and sub-tropical zones around here may be "semi-insular." February 11, 1964 Chachapoyas. Going up same mountains again this morning. Starting out ca 5:15. Partly cloudy. Cold. First bird sounds heard at 5:40. A rather weak and faint Dawn ^[[margin in red]] Brun [[/margin]] Chorus in full swing 5:58. Some thrush calls, some Brun R patterns, and a lot of stuff I don't recognize. I am about 1/2 way up the mountain now, and have yet to early anything very like D.C. ^[[margin in red]] Brun [[/margin]] Some Brun "twitter" type songs 6:02. See a single ^[[1 check mark above]] Brun singing alone 6:25 Hear what sounds like [[underline]] A. torquatus [[/underline]] in area where Cy is singing. Obviously alone. A few minutes later, hear what is obviously song of [[underline]] A. rufinucha[[/underline]] or [[underline]] A. schistaceus [[/underline]] in adjacent area. SEE TODAY'S NOTES ON MIXED DIGLOSSINI Starting up to 9000 ft level 8:00 am. As I start, here [[underline]]torquatus[[/underline]] same place as before. See a single ^[[1 check mark above]] Firebelly alone. Probably same individual as before (see diglossini notes). Red patches look quite orange. ^[[margin in red]] Brun [[/margin]] See single Brun alone. 9:45 See 1 ^[[1 check mark above]] or 2 Black & Blue Tanagers apparently alone. Slightly