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[[underlined]] Diglossa, [[/underlined]] May 27, 1961, III.

the [[male symbol]] came particularly close, the [[female symbol]]'s HAC notes became noticeably louder and faster.  At the same time, when the [[male symbol]] came particularly close, the [[female symbol]] began [[underlined]] definite [[/underlined]] BU!  Wings held out, waving asymmetrically and irregularly (usually not rapidly).  No back-fluffing.  This BU was superimposed upon a variety of ordinary hopping & perching postures.  The only regular feature of these posters was that the [[female symbol]] usually tried to face the [[male symbol]].

[[image:  drawing of bird with an * annotated "[[male symbol]] approximately here"]]
The wing and nearest the [[male symbol]] was sometimes raised higher than the wing away from the [[male symbol]].

This BU appeared to repell the [[male symbol]].  At least, he always dropped back a little, or stopped following the [[female symbol]] so closely, when she began to perform the BU.

This behavior by the [[female symbol]] is a good indication that HAC & BU is threat, and higher intensity than HAC alone.

After approaching the [[female symbol]] very closely, and being repelled, 5 or 6 times, the [[male symbol]] just flew away – still without uttering a note or performing a display of any kind.

At one time early this morning, a Sparrow Hawk appeared in the area, and perched on a nearby tree-top.  The X [[female symbol]] dived into the bottom of a bush, uttering 2 or 3 [[underlined]] faint [[/underlined]] HAC's as she did so, when she saw the hawk.

I noticed this morning that when [[underlined]] aterrima [[/underlined]] our feeding busily, their 

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