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Mixed Diglossini, Apr. 30, 1965, III.

commensal of man.  Or, at the very least, it needs a lot of open space.  Just like [[underlined]] carbonaria s.l. [[/underlined]] and the South American forms of [[underlined]] baritula s.l. [[/underlined]]  In any case, it is not surprising, since Scans were absent, that I did not find any Aters up hill.

[[margin]] Scan [[/margin]]  2:10 p.m.  At the Finca.  All during the middle of the day, I have been watching the Scans in the garden.  It has been raining almost steadily.  Moderately hard.  But the Scans have been active all most throughout.  Feeding.  Fighting.  Even "Singing".  Harsh notes or biverts of notes.  The "Songs" of this species are [[underlined]] nothing [[/underlined]] like real Diglossini Songs.)

According to the caretaker here, in the afternoons, when there are brief sunny periods (even during the rainy season), small bright blue birds come into the garden to feed on Fuchsia flowers, and get engaged in disputes with Scans.  These can hardly be anything else except diglossinis of some sort.

FURTHER NOTES, 6:00 P.M.

I.  It is conceivable that the bright blue birds which the caretaker has seen fighting with Scans are really [[underlined]] Tangara vassorii. [[/underlined]]  At least, he called them "Azulitos" and his son called a [[underlined]] vassorii [[/underlined]] by the same name.

II.  See this afternoon's notes on mixed flocks.  It is quite possible that the "Glauc" I saw this morning was really a [[male symbol]] WCC.

[[margin]] Gen [[/margin]]  III.  After looking at several patches of forest today, I am still impressed by the general rarity of Diglossini in the region.