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[[underlined]] Coereba, [/underlined]] Feb. 29, 1960, II.

and into my hand, it shut up completely and I had the greatest difficulty in getting it to utter anything more.  I jiggled it up and down, dangled it by a foot, etc. etc., and it remained obstinately silent through.  Finally, after quite a lot of hand handling, it started to utter a few more "Peeps" and we managed to record these.  They also seemed to be essentially similar to the peeps recorded on previous days - but definitely much softer.  Possibly low intensity or, more probably, somewhat inhibited.

None of these "Peeps" seemed to have anything to do with hunger.

When being treated roughly today, A did SG and C just as on Feb. 27.  I must say that it is difficult to believe that either of these patterns is ritualized - they are so little exaggerated!

I didn't see any trace of V or SS today (although this may not be significant, as we only kept A out of the nest a little while)

A did not do any Begging today, although it did swallow food put into its bill.

I was rather to find that A was not much more developed physically today than the day before yesterday.  Pin feathers of wing (primaries and secondaries) more or less well developed, but eyes still only partly open


[[underlined]] Coereba, [/underlined]] I
March 2, 1960
Barro Colorado

Tried recording A again today, around 1 p.m.  Its eyes are a little wider open now;  and its pin feathers are considerably longer.

When I first approached the nest, I tapped repeatedly on the rim.  This stimulated A to do a lot of food-begging.  Neck stretched up, bill wide open and bent wide open while it uttered a long continuous series of loud notes.  These seemed to be similar to the "Peeps" it uttered before in a variety of 

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