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(36) [[underlined]] Diglossa, [[/underlined]] May 24, 1961, III the songs of [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] atterima. [[/underlined]] Longer notes, separated by longer pauses. I don't know why the ordinary [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] songs I heard this morning seemed to include a fewer distinct doublets than the corresponding songs I heard last year. Different intensity? (Perhaps higher this year???) In any case, it should be stressed that they were essentially uniform this morning. I heard at least 4 or 5 different [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] [[male symbol]]'s utter similar songs. The ordinary [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] songs this morning were also similar to the songs of Yellow Grosbeaks insofar as they occasionally included a few notes of different pitch from the rest. Usually or always "Zrāā" Notes I think. Usually or always higher than the rest of the "Zrāā" Notes. I don't think the relatively high notes were produced by any significantly different motivation. Just inserted more or less at random. The ordinary songs of [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] aterrimas [[/underlined]] I heard this morning were much the same as last year. These songs were uttered by isolated and exposed [[male symbol]]'s. Much more rapid than the ordinary songs of [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] and divided into distinct phrases. All the phrases essentially similar to one another. A typical phrase might be transcribed by something like: "tuh-tuh-tuh tuh-tuh-tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-wheeeyooo" (This looks very different from the diagram of [[underlined]] aterrima [[/underlined]] rough drawn on May 20, 1960, II. It is possible, however, that the latter diagram represents two phrases "run together". The emphatic note in the center might be a "wheeyoo".
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Have requested advice from Smithsonian on how it wants Moynihan's colour & pattern coding transcribed.