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[[underlined]] Coereba, [[/underlined]] Nov. 13, 1957, II.

fluttering.  Then both birds flew away, in opposite directions.

[[image: drawing of bird]]
I am fairly certain that the tongue was raised during part of the song.

The number of syllables in the song may have varied somewhat, but it was certainly usually five, and the terminal note was always differentiated.

Later on I hear the same call from the same tree, presumably being uttered by the same bird, and look up just after the call stops.  A bird, presumably the one who just finished singing, is then sitting in a posture comme ça:
Looking quite remarkably plump, but with any wing-flutter.
[[image: drawing of bird[[
Perhaps a slight trace of CR.  White stripe looking broadest at rear of head.

Just sat there for quite some time, uttering a series of single pure CN's, each note being accompanied by a single wing-fleck which gradually grew less extreme and finally disappeared, while the bird continued to give a few more CN's.  (I should add that the bird I heard singing earlier today also uttered Cn's, from an unritualized posture, during the intervals of song.)

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