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[[underlined]] Chlorophanes, [[/underlined]] Apr. 19, 1958, I.

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The [[female symbol]] was just sitting on a twig near the top of the cage, in a rather hunched, rather flopped, posture. The [[male symbol]] was down below, probably feeding. Suddenly he flew up to her, landed beside her (parallel and more or less facing in the same direction), and leaned over to her, in a very tall, thin-necked posture, with head & bill more or less horizontal, belly feathers more or less fluffed ([[underlined]] i.e. [[/underlined]] in at least a trace of the UGfluff). Then he sort of jabbed his bill toward her bill, she turned her head so that her bill met his, and then he suddenly flew away.

I [[underlined]] think [[/underlined]] this was an attempt, probably successful, of the [[male symbol]] feeding the [[female symbol]]. 

The actual "feeding", [[underlined]] i.e. [[/underlined]] the period when the birds were together, was quite silent, but the [[male symbol]] uttered 3 or 4 notes, in a rapid series, just before he flew up to the [[female symbol]]. Like "Tsit" notes; but softer, less sharp, somehow slightly more pleasant and melodious. 

[[underlined]] Chlorophanes, [[/underlined]] I  May 5, 1958 
Barro Colorado

I have now caught brief and unsatisfactory glimpses of several more cases of the captive [[male symbol]] feeding the [[female symbol]]. Still haven't seen any special preliminaries, if there are any; but it is obvious that the [[male symbol]] does [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] usually make any call beforehand. Nor does the [[female symbol]].

I have now heard the [[male symbol]] give a brief R-Rsp-Rsp-Rsp-Rsp-Rsp-Rsp performance. Apparently provoked by, and directed toward, some outside stimulus. This incident