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XLI.

Whole flock in bushes and small trees, about 5 - 10 ft above ground, in area of dense scrub (the B Myst area - see below).

In addition to rattles, some or all of the birds were uttering lots of CN-like notes. Firebellies were uttering "Seeet"s (as well).

As usual, it was difficult to tell who was leading the flock. All the warblers and warbler-like species (with the possible exception of the Whitestart, but including the conebills) were in the scrub, more or less hidden, much of the time.

The Firebellies went off in one direction fairly soon. The Montane GMT [[underlined]] followed [[/underlined]]. Some of the other members of the flock {certainly the Ferru) started to follow also; but then stopped.

About five minutes later, I found the ^[[2 check marks above]] 2 Firebellies, still being followed by the Montane ^[[1 check mark above]] GMT, about 25 yards down the road. This behavior of the Firebellies may be typical. They [[underlined]] may [[/underlined]] have been attracted to the group of warblers and warbler-like species; but they were not so attracted that they couldn't "break away" whenever it suited them. The smaller members of this flock were certainly much less attractive to the Firebellies than were the [[underlined]] Buthraupis [[/underlined]]-types a couple of days ago. The Montane GMT in this group may have reacted to the Firebellies simply because it was a single bird (viz the contrast with the behavior of the pair of Montane GMT's a couple of days ago).

After the Firebellies and the GMT left, the remaining members of the flock just mulled about, for at least 10 minutes, in an apparently disorganized manner, without making noticeable progress in any