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Mixed Diglossini, May 9, 1965, III  (6)

^[[Cy Laf]] of scrub where Cy Sang earlier today. I.E. territories of Cy and Laf here probably overlap to at least some extent.

^[[checkmark 113]] 7:20 a.m. Whitestart Singing in distance. Shuts up. Then Laf near me begins to Sing. No overlap. Perched exposed left up. In posture comme ça

[[image -  bird sitting upright]]

Head flat on top. Head looks relatively  small. Whole bird looks sleek. No Belly fluffing. Bill pointed diagonally slightly upward. Opened [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] little during notes. Closed between notes.

^[[Gen]] The Diglossini here seem to be very careful not to overlap one another's Songs. Nor do they overlap Whitestart. Quite Quito-like in this respect. Whitestarts seem to be equally careful not to overlap Diglossini.

^[[Laf Cy]] Laf shuts up. A few minutes later hear Cy Singing some distance away. No other diglossine or Whitestarts audible.

^[[Cy 114]] Well! Well! Well! No sooner said than done! See the Cy ^[[checkmark]] Singing. In small tree 15 ft up. Definitely alone. All Song phrases with "Tsit" Intro Notes. (These Intro Notes [[underlined]] do [[/underlined]] seem to be characteristic of isolated birds.) Bird moving about from perch to perch within tree, singing at each perch.

^[[Laf Cy Cinn]] Then, 7:37 am., Laf begins to Sing down hill. Probably 30-40 ft from Cy. [[underlined]] Nevertheless, [[/underlined]] the Cy continues to Sing. [[underlined]] Repeated [[/underlined]] (perhaps 20) [[underlined]] complete overlaps [[/underlined]] Songs of the two birds!!! Then a Cinnamon appears close to the Cy. [[underlined]] Swoops at it at least 3 or 4 times. [[/underlined] Obviously hostile. But each swoop stops just short of actual attack. And Cy continues to Sing. Altho it eventually does move away a few inches. Cinnamon flies off. (It appears that Cinnamons

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