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                                    March 8, 1959        
                                    Cerro Punta

Black head. Tufted or ragged white superciliary stripe  stretching all the way down side of black head. White throat greenish olive above, including back, rump,  wings & tail. Below whitish, marked with yellowish olive, becoming quite clearly on sides.  Bill black.  Legs nondescript  (grayish?).

At least 4 of these birds were moving along with a mixed flock of Collared Redstarts, Slate-throated Redstarts, Wilson's Warblers, Yellow-thighed Finches, Yellow-throated Atlapetes, & one Ruddy Tree-runner [[underline]] (Margarornis rubiginosus). [[underline]]  At appr. 7000 ft elevation (probably a little below) In heavy second-growth bush, scattered with trees.

Generalastions very [[underline]] Basileuterus [[underline]] 
- or [[underline]] Chlorospingus [[underline]] -like.  Frequent & quite extreme WF's of the usual type.

Frequent but slight TF's.  Quite lateral, seeming to be little more than [[?]] of the body pivoting. Probably slightly U-D in most cases. Uttered single little weak "Trit" or "Whit" CN's as they moved through the bushes more or less slowly. Uttered an accelerated series of 3 or 4 of their notes, once, when making a relatively long flight to an isolated tree.
 
At one time, a fight apparently broke out between 2 or 3 of their birds, low down in a bush where we could hardly hear them. Accompanied by definite HAC of the usual tanager or finch type.

Transcription Notes:
Atlapetes, Margarornis rubiginosus, Chlorospingus, Basileuterus, are verified to be correct. Left spaces between paragraphs to indicate new paragraph.