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Ring-bill April 12, 1955
II

[[✓ = pencil tick over observations. 
ʳ = an additional tick in red pencil]]

[[pencil circular symbol]  V✓-GP✓ before attack - lived in V✓ʳ attacked  V✓ before & during retreat - T after being✓ attacked. O✓-HD✓ʳ-OT✓ O✓-HD✓ʳ-OT✓ [[crossout]]  HD✓-ʳOT✓ HD✓-ʳOT✓. O✓-HD✓ʳ-OT before✓ attack - bird in M✓ʳ attacked - V after✓ attack - T after being✓ attacked -T✓-T✓-T✓. V✓. T✓-T✓-HD✓-ʳOT✓. V✓ V✓-GP✓ before attack - V✓ after attack -  O before✓ʳ attack - V after✓ attack  V✓-GP✓ before attack  - V✓ after attack T✓-T✓-T✓-T✓-M✓ before retreat  M before✓ attack

[[scribbled line down margin]] ♀ begging from ♂  ♂ gives M in usual postures, eye open, bill almost closed 12:20 p.m. [[image]] V before✓ attack - HDʳ before✓ attack - T✓-T✓-T✓ after attack - V✓-GP✓ before attack - M after✓ attack. LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ-LCN✓ʳ. V before✓ attack - bird in✓ V attacked - V after✓ attack. V✓. O✓ʳ-O✓ʳ-O✓ʳ-O✓ʳ-HD✓ʳ-HD✓ʳ-HD✓ʳ-HD✓ʳ.

[[in margin, two !! and cross-hatch doodle]] M by landing bird. No sign of subsequent sex or pre-sex. 

[O✓✓-HD✓✓-OT✓✓ to flying bird. HD✓✓-OT✓✓. HD✓✓-OT✓✓. O✓✓-HD✓✓-OT✓✓]

HD✓ʳ-OT✓ before attack - bird in✓ʳ V attacked - HD✓-OTʳ✓ after attack V before✓ attack - V after✓ attack HD✓ʳ-OT✓. HD✓ʳ-OT✓. HD✓ʳ-OT✓. 

[[in margin, three !!! and cross hatch doodle down margin]] Scapulars very clearly Ruffled when wings are half raised. This was shown 3 times, by a nearby bird, solitary, perhaps slightly alarmed, before flying away. 

[[image]] HD✓-OT✓ʳ-V✓-M✓ before attack - V after✓ attack (with definite R) - M✓-O✓-HD✓ʳ-OT✓ before attack - bird in HD✓ʳ-OTʳ✓ attacked - HD✓-OT✓ʳ after attack 12:48

[[down margin, written in pencil "6✓." "7✓." "8✓." 
[[scribbled line down margin]] ♀ meets ♂ [[crossed out]] M.C ♂ V✓-HF✓. ♀ V✓-HF✓-V✓-HF✓-V✓ [[/crossed out]] ♀ flies off in circular flight, with LCN's then ♂ flies off Circles, with LCN's ♂ lands in new spot. ♀ joins him. [[crossed out]] M.C of ♂ V✓-HF✓ ♀ V✓-HF✓-V✓-HF✓-V✓ [[/crossed out]] ♀ flies off, circles with LCN's, rejoins ♂ [[crossed out]] M.C of mutual V-HF. [[/crossed out]]