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Diglossini, Apr. 18, 1972, VII  G

Bill straight and not very long.) Feeds on Fuchsia flowers a few inches to a foot away from Plumb. Neither ind. pays any obvious attention to the other. I think that the tiny hummingbird is feeding from straight in front. Then tiny flies away. Plumb flies away a few minutes later.

Then tiny re-appears. And X comes in like a bolt of lightning. Dive-bombs tiny. Tiny dashes away. X goes in pursuit. Both disappear.

4:20 X back again. Goes again. Back again. Feeds Perches and rests for some minutes. Feeds again. Off again (to tree in which [[male symbol]] Plumb disappeared. Back again. Off again. Back again. Off again. Back and off again 4:52. Back and off again. Then [[male symbol]] Plumb shows up. Feeds. X comes back. Immediately attacks. Forces Plumb to move a foot or so, further into Fuchsia. But Plumb relaxes immediately. Goes back to feeding. X starts to feed too. Interrupts feeding to make pass from time to time. All very half hearted now. Plumb ignores the fuss. Then Plumb flies 2 ft away, perches in rose bush (no flowers now). X seems to relax, even though Plumb is still perfectly in view. I.E. it [[underlined]] probably [[/underlined]] is only defending Fuchsia, not antagonistic to Plumb in general. Then Plumb flies away. X follows.

Stop observations 5:05.

Go down to lower house (of Olga's expedition). There is a Fuchsia here too. Some of the flowers have holes. And hummingbirds have been seen around. Start observing 5:30. Stop 6:15 pm.