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Atlapetes, May 20, 1962, II.

uttered by a different bird).

Working near town of Lloa this afternoon (on far side of Pichincha).

4:30 p.m. See a single rufinucha. Perched on twig making flying int. movs. With CR. Uttering single "Tsit" or "Dit" Notes. Very soft. Then joined by mate. Don't see or hear greeting, if any. Then one bird feeds, while other sits. Feeding bird sometimes close to mate, sometimes 10 ft away. Throughout the period of feeding, the feeding bird utters nearly constant "Tut" or "Dit" Notes Comme ça:
"Dit dit dit dit-dit dit di-dit dit dit dit di-di-dit dit dit-di-dit....." These notes would appear to be real locomotory notes. This may be another resemblance to the BCBT. (I might stress the fact that the birds obviously were not alarmed by me during the period these notes were uttered.)

Eventually the birds move off, but I can still hear them uttering "Tsit" or "Dit" Notes 4:48 p.m.

I shall call these notes just plain "CN"s from now on.

Birds back in sight again 4:52. Behaving more or less as before.

One of them catches sight of me and hops away. I think it raised its crest more than usual, in extreme CR, as it left. The CR of this species is probably also an indication of escape.

Around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, I was walking rapidly along a path above Lloa, in a heavy rain storm, when I suddenly heard a long burst of torquatus "Seeeeeeeet" and "Seeeeeeeut notes. Didn't see the bird(s), but I think the notes were uttered by 2 birds, fairly close together.

Later, around 5:52, when we were driving back to Quito,