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Atlapetes, May 19, 1962, II

some notes uttered while bird is actually hopping.

Song is very prolonged. Bird still uttering notes (although somewhat less frequently on the average) 6:20 a.m. Then stops a few seconds later.

None of this song seems to have provoked any response from other birds.

6:37 a.m. Come across another single torquatus singing. Notes even more variable than those of first bird. "Seeeeeet ta-seeeeeee seeeeeee-oo ta-seeeeet seeeeeeet ....." This time I don't see the bird until it flies away (frightened by an indian);  but it was obviously perched near the bottom of a thick hedge during the song.

6:40. Same bird starts again "Seeeeeee-ut seeeee-ut seeeeeee-ut seeeeeee-ut seeeeeee seeeee-ut seeeee seeeeee ...."  Again hidden from my sight. Flies again when frightened. Obviously single.

Come back to area where I first heard torquatus singing 8:40 a.m. Apparently same bird still singing from a bush a few feet away from where it sang at dawn. Song composed of "Seeeeeeet" and "Seeeeeeee-ut" Notes alone. Uttered in irregular bursts of 3 to 10 or 12 notes, rather than continuous series. Unfortunately bird quite hidden.

This would suggest that "Ta-seeeeeeeet" type notes may be higher intensity than "Seeeeeet" or "Seeeeeee-ut" notes.