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Aramides cajauea, July 15, 1960, III.   

SC postures were very extreme. The following was perhaps the most common form:

[[image - sketch of bird standing]] 
gray on neck beginning to show in patches. 

Wings somewhat raised, but not extended. 

Some of the SC's were even more extreme than this.  Bill actually almost touching ground (i.e. the legs were more bent and/or the body was more tilted.)

This bird would not follow me at all.

Later on, when I tried to approach it again several times, it always ran away from me. Uttering AlP's, PP's, RP2, and also some notes which I have been calling "Trill-like peeps" (These are the notes represent by the [there is a squiggly lined here] diagram on June 30, p.17.
 
When I frightened the bird by stamping my foot, it ran away uttering RP2 and Trill-like peeps.

When I poked the bird, it uttered a lot of chirps, and 1 real trill.  This trill occurred just as the bird managed to escape from me.

So at least one of these birds is still capable of producing a real trill. The trills have become greatly reduced but still exist.

I might add that although all the birds perform a lot of real ck Movements now,they also do a lot of standing and walking without any tract of ck.