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Ramphocelus, Jan. 16, 1962, III.       

note. One of the birds (but not the other) usually ended each (?) with a "tsee-ya" [[image - 2 squiggly lines]].

The "Ya" sounds at the end of the (?)R of many (?) calls may be indications of NN's (although most of them are quite distinct from typical NN's.) Occasionally replaced by typical NN's.

Late in the morning, I saw one adult male sitting by himself silently. Flew off and uttered 3 PN's as he did so.


Ramphocelus, I        

January 17, 1962
Rio Piedras

Working in the same areas again this morning.
  Arrived a little earlier, around 6:15. But there was a lot of rain during the morning. 

The first sounds I heard were a few NN's around 6:30.

There is no doubt but that NN's are the usual response of all birds when they first become aware of my presence.

A single adult male uttered a few PN's when flying away, by himself.

Around 6:45 a.m. I saw a single adult male sitting on a moderately exposed perch by himself. Uttering a random jumble of PN's, TssN's, (?) calls, (?)R's and NN's.  From an ordinary sitting posture. Rather erect. Wings drooped but not spread. Eventually the male flew away, without doing anything more.

Most of the (?)R's (both alone and in complete (?)'s) during this performance were short.

Some time later, I saw another adult male sitting on an exposed