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[[underlined]] Diglossa [[/underlined]], Aug. 7, 1959, V [[circled]] 12 [[/circled]] [[blue lines running down left margin of page]] of his plumage fairly smooth. [[image - drawing of bird with ruffled head, open bill, smooth feathers on body.]] Singing Posture [[male symbol]] II After Fight I have now been watching one of these [[male symbol]]'s (II, I think) singing by himself. In the same posture as above, but crown looking more rounded (feathers very ruffled - but evenly). Also body more diagonal, breast & head lower. The wings & tail seem to quiver a little with the notes. The wings are definitely drooped a little, and the lower part of the wings (ie. not the carpi) may be held out from the body a [[underlined]] little [[/underlined]]. Then the other [[male symbol]] (I?) flies into the same bush; and the singing male suddenly [[underlined]] accelerates his song very noticeably [[/underlined]]. Then there is a chase back & forth between the two birds in the bush; and this chase is accompanied by [[underlined]] many [[/underlined]] snatches of accelerated song. Further proof of the hostile nature of the song. I forgot to mention that earlier, when II was doing intense BU & WHAC, he could hold the body & head at any angle (with the neck almost always short, except during actual pecking). Not always inclined diagonally upward as in my drawing on p. 9. [[underlined]] Diglossa [[/underlined]], I August 8, 1959 Cerra Pichincha [[pink lines run down the rest of the left margin]] ^[[?]] This afternoon, at a level of about 2000m, which may have been
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