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Aramides cajauea, July 30, 1960, V      

WH uttered loud chirps when being caught, and then when handled.

It was put straight into the isolation box, and immediately began to utter soft LC notes.

Then, when I put my hand into the box, it went into an extreme SC posture (legs flexed, but the bird was not actually sitting down) and uttered loud harsh notes (their notes appeared to be exactly intermediate between typical AlP's and typical chirps). When it uttered typical chirps when I caught it again.

It performed several silent Tsh's immediately after being put on the ground. No ck Movements. Then it started to walk around. Still silent, and still no ck Movements.

Then I chased it for a while. It uttered AlP's and/or notes intermediate between typical AlP's and typical chirps (this bird seemed to be very prone to utter such intermediate-sounding notes)when running away. Probably also 1 or 2 bursts of very soft but otherwise typical RP2. Then I let it rest for a few seconds. When I approached it again,it went down into SC, and uttered chirps and/or notes intermediate between typical chirps and typical AlP's. Then it uttered chirps, and notes intermediate chirps and AlP's and some RPs, when poked.

WB Uttered typical chirps when handled.

At first remained quite silent when isolated in the box, but eventually, after several minutes, it uttered a few typical LC notes. Then it began silent jumping.

Then we put if on the ground. Immediately went into SC. Quite silent, but accompanied by TW. Then it ran away from us, performing