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[[underline]] Coereba [[/underline]], ?, 1962, II 

New phrases were somewhat reminiscent of some song phrases of [[underline]] Diglossa carbonaria aterrima [[/underline]] near Quito.  It is beginning to look as if this species may be able to utter the equivalents of all types of [[underline]] Diglossa [[/underline]] song!

[[underline]] Coereba [[/underline]] I 
September 16, 1962
Mérida

Rather to my surprise, the Bananaquit is one of the common species in the gardens and woods around the town here 

Saw my first BQ here at 4:30 p.m. yesterday.  Single.  Singing on high exposed perch.  Songs most distinctive Composed of phrases of two or three "trill"s each.  Each "trill" more or less comme ça:
"Sreeeeeeeeeeeuhzuh"

(Last syllable, marked in red, loudest and most emphasized.  Middle syllable hardly distinguishable, sometimes "slurred over" almost completely.  The bird was sitting with BF, slight but definite fluffing of rump (yellow of rump visible above wings, which were kept at the sides, without being dropped), and a slight trace of CR (at least at times)

This bird sang for several minutes, without provoking any obvious response, and then flew away and shut up. 
Later in the afternoon I saw the same and/or several other BQ's around the hotel garden, in trees and in thickets.  All silent.  All single.  One bird was seen moving about in