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Ring-bill, May 5, 1955

III

High, thin, reedy, LCN's seem to be the least aggressive of all the LCN's.  Just uttered by bird in [[?aux]] U. during retreat. 

1:25  [[male symbol]] B.  O-HD-TT.  HDTT before attack - TT after attack  
O-HD-TT OG.  P after being attacked OG after being attacked.

1:32  [[male symbol]] C.  O-P before attack   T after attack - O-P before attack - HD between attacks - T after attack - U-P before attack -  T after attack - U-P before attack. U.  P - before attack -  P after attack - O. U.  U after being attacked  OG-HD-OG.  Disappears from view. 1:37. 

[[superscript numbers & red pencil ticks ✓  are written above observations]] 

[[left margin: pen circular symbol/swirl]]¹✓ 
[[pen circular symbol]] 1:45 Counting this as if communal area.✓¹
LCN¹-LCN²-LCN³✓-LCN⁴-LCN⁵-LCN⁶-LCN⁷-LCN⁸ [[cross out]] O-HD-TT¹✓.V. OLTT✓¹ -  OG¹✓ before attack - 
[[left margin: 1 ✓]]
 V¹✓ after attack - P¹✓ before attack - V²✓ after attack -V¹-LCN⁹✓-V²-LCN¹⁰✓-V³. HD³✓-HD⁴-HD⁵-HD⁶✓-OS³-OS⁴-OS⁵. OS⁶.OS⁷. HD⁷✓TT³. HD¹✓TT⁴ after attack.
[[in margin, "5"]] ✓ 
HD⁸TT¹✓¹ before attack bird in HD⁹TT⁵✓¹ attacked - V³✓ after attack - V¹✓ after being attacked - V¹✓ before retreat HD¹⁰-HD¹¹-HD¹²-HD¹³✓¹-OG¹-Ch¹-V⁴. HD¹⁴-HD¹⁵-OS⁸.
 V¹✓ before attack -  bird in¹✓ V⁵ attacked - V✓⁴ after attack - V²✓ after being attacked -] V²✓ before retreat - V¹✓ after retreat P²✓ before attack - P¹✓ after attack V⁶. 
HD¹⁶✓¹-HD¹⁷.V⁷.V⁸.V⁹. OS⁹✓.OS¹⁰✓. OS¹¹✓.OG²✓¹  V³✓ during retreat 2:00 [[underline]]  P³ before attack 
V²✓ before attack - V⁵✓ after attack - P⁴✓ before attack] V⁶✓ after attack 

[[in margin, red cross, pencil cross,¹]]

V¹⁰ - P⁵✓ - V⁷✓ after attack - V³✓ after being attacked.
[[in margin, red cross, pencil cross,²]] 
V¹¹- P⁶✓ before attack - V⁸-HF¹✓-HF²✓ after attack - V⁴✓ after being attacked 

[[in margin, three short vertical bars and cross hatch doodle]] M usually, I think, with bill almost closed. 

[[in margin, pen circular symbol/swirl]]✓² 
[[pen circular symbol/swirl]] V✓⁸⁰ after attack V✓⁵ after being attacked - V✓⁴ during retreat

[[in margin, three short vertical bars and cross hatch doodle]] OG as preliminary to copulation attempt. 

[[in margin, pen circular symbol/swirl]]³✓ 
[[pen circular symbol]] OS¹²✓⁴.OS¹³✓⁵.OS¹⁴-OS¹⁵✓⁶-OS¹⁶. OG³✓². V⁹ after attack  M¹ [[cross out]] O¹⁷-HD¹⁸✓¹-TT⁶ OG⁴✓¹.V¹².V¹³ [[cross out]] HD¹⁹✓³-TT⁷-V¹⁴.OS¹⁸✓⁷.OS¹⁹✓⁸.OS²⁰✓⁹
[[in margin]] O²¹✓²-HD²⁰-TT⁸ [[cross out]] HD²¹✓². LCN¹¹-LCN¹²-LCN¹³✓⁴-LCN¹⁴-LCN¹⁵-LCN¹⁶-LCN¹⁷-LCN¹⁸-LCN¹⁹-LCN²⁰-LCN²¹-LCN²²-LCN²³-LCN²⁴-LCN²⁵-LCN²⁶ [[cross out]]  P✓⁷ before attack O²²-HD²²-TT⁹ ✓⁴ ✓⁵ O²³-HD²³-TT¹⁰ O²⁴-HD²⁴-TT¹¹