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Mixed Diglossini, Aug. 7, 1965, III.  (60)

^[[Coer]] [[image - drawing of a bird with dark mask, open bill, and raised tongue]]
Bird turns head from side to side during all phrases.

Bill never opened very widely

Eye conspicuously chestnut - framed in black "mask." Head looks small-ish. Rather rounded. Head feathers slightly ruffled. Breast and belly slightly fluffed.

Bill looks [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] un-Diglossa-like!!!

Tongue definitely raised during all or part of Song phrase (certainly raised during the "twittery" bit)

Tail moves in and out with notes - probably most conspicuously during the "twittery" bit.

NODWA during all phrases by the Coer. The bird sang from several perches in adjoining bushes. All perches 4-5 ft up. Some exposed, some not exposed. Bird continues Singing for at least 5 minutes. Then flies off and disappears.

^[[Coer]] This site is at least 300 yds from the nearest place where a Coer was seen earlier this morning. And much farther away from where earlier Coer did most of its Singing. So I think that there probably are at least two Singing individuals of the species in this general area.

It also seems probable that this last Coer (at least) is in breeding condition!

^[[Coer]] This bird quite ignored a single Rufous-cap Hummingbird feeding 10 ft away in an adjacent bush.

NOTE: So far, my observations in this region would suggest

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