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Ring-bill, April 23, 1955 II [[Left margin - cross-hatching, with two solid vertical lines]] When one mate joins the other on the ground, the ground bird may give TC toward the flying one, and the flying one may give Landing Call. Males of some pairs did a lot of M. Usual semi-hostile-appeasing situations. Precop, of course, is usual mutual FB with T. [[male symbol]] often, at least, with stretched neck quite high, no real bobbing. [[female symbol]] low Post-cop U-HF business. [[/Left margin - cross-hatching, with two solid vertical lines]] [[left margin: two exclamation points to left of cross-hatching]] No signs of ritualized hostile movements or postures during the aerial "flitting" April 26, 1955 Lake ice. 4:45p.m. Cold. Sunny. Little wind [[checkmark]]U before attack - [[checkmark]]U after attack [[checkmark]]LTT1- [[2 checkmarks]] LTT after attack2 - [[checkmark]]U after being attacked. Birds leave [[?]]. April 27, 1955 Same place 6:00a.m. Much the same conditions, but windier. [[squarex]] [[1]]L-[[2 1]][[rch]]LTT [[3 2]][[rch]]LTT.[[4 3]][[rch]]LTT.[[5]][[rch]]L.[[6]][[rch]]L.[[7]][[rch]]L.[[8]][[rch]]L.[[9]][[rch]]L.[[10 4]][[rch]]LTT.[[11 5]][[rch]]LTT.[[6]][[rch]]TT.[[12 7]][[rch]]LTT. [[1]]U. [[rch]]U before attack - bird [[rch]]in [[2]]U attacked - [[rch]]U after attack - [[rch]]U after being attacked. Left 6:30.