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[[underlined]] Diglossa, [[/underlined]] I
May 26, 1961
Cerro Atacaso

Watching both [[underlined]] aterrima [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] here, in the usual places, this morning.

The [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Diglossa, [[/underlined]] I listened to on May 24th seemed to be singing in exactly the same way today.

But I also came across another [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] which was singing a song which included more "ee" sounds.  Comme ça:
"Zeea zeea zaa-zaa zaa zeea zaa zeea zaa-zaa zaa zee-zee .........".

The only CN's I have heard uttered by [[underlined]] lafresnayei [[/underlined]] have been ordinary "Tsit"s.  By birds in bushes near me.

This morning, the [[underlined]] aterrima [[/underlined]] began singing frequently some minutes before the [[underlined]] lafresnayei. [[/underlined]]  this might be another indication that that former are more advanced in the breeding cycle than the latter.

This morning, I made a special point of watching the two birds, one of which was uttering lots of "Whaāh" Notes on May 24th (see description bottom p.37).  I was able to establish that these two birds definitely are [[underlined]] aterrima. [[/underlined]]  One an adult [[male symbol]].  One apparently juvenile, in gray plumage with very short tail!  The juvenile uttered and many more "Waāh" and similar notes this morning, and it was obvious that these notes were "begging", probably partly FB (see also below).

The juvenile followed the [[male symbol]] steadily.  It seldom came up to feed and rest in the open, although the [[male symbol]] did so very frequently.

The juvenile uttered the "begging" notes almost steadily for at least two hours this morning.  Only taking occasional pauses of 5 or 10 

Transcription Notes:
Have requested advice from Smithsonian on how it wants Moynihan's colour & pattern coding transcribed.