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(18) [[underlined]] Coereba, [/underlined]] Mar. 23, 1961, I. that the birds are almost always single. Males and females do not usually go around together. In this respect, the species is reminiscent of Diglossa rather than [[underlined]] Conirostrum fraserei. [/underlined]] [[underlined]] Coereba, [/underlined]] I July 24, 1961 Port of Spain In the zoo here, there is a small cage, containing several Bananaquits (presumably the local subspecies) and lots of tanagers, finches, icterids, etc. About 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, I saw an interesting performance by 2 of the Bananaquits. One the ground, hopping about excitedly near one another. In posture more or less comme ça: [[image: drawing of bird with stick? in mouth]] Very erect. Legs stretched. Possibly CR? Wings raised & Q'd. One wing probably raised more than the other. I shall call this posture "St." Somewhat reminiscent of the St patterns of the [[?Dainini]]. The two birds hopped around one another in St. for quite a long time. I think the Q was more or less continuous throughout. The hopping itself was more or less irregular (certainly [[underlined]] not [/underlined]] ritualized circling). When the birds first began this performance, they were not carrying anything in their bills. Then one bird bent down and picked up a long strand of w.m., and
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Have requested advice from Smithsonian on how it wants Moynihan's colour & pattern coding transcribed.