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Atlapetes, Aug. 5, 1959, II.             

generally kept low is the bushes, seldom or never more than a couple of feet off the ground).
     
I was only able to see one bird well for a couple of minutes.  Part of this time, it kept the top of its head absolutely smoothed down flat, but once it did a little CR quite like that of Atlapetes. 
               
Atlapetes, I

August 7, 1959
Cerro Atacasa

This morning we arrived at dawn up in the paramó, at a place where bushy vegetation (characteristic of the humid temperate zone?) extended up a valley into the grassy slopes.  When we first arrived, there were some 2 or 3 of the rufous-capped, yellow-throated, Chlorospingus-like birds, singing from perches in the shrubbery.
     
I was only able to see one bird singing, and this was under rather unfavorable conditions, but his singing posture seemed to be comme ça. 

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[[labels
Quite fluffed
Wings slightly drooped
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The songs themselves were quite highly variable consisting of clear whistled notes and rattles, usually or always preceded by a sharp CN-like note. Some of the songs I heard might be represented by the following diagrams & transcriptions:
"chip chee Feeo Feeo" or "chip cheeo Feeo Feeo" or

Transcription Notes:
image - sketch of bird