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Mixed Diglossini, May 10, 1965, VII. (16)


^[[Cy Laf]] lots of loud hard "Tsit" Notes. [[underlined]] Obviously SHN's [[/underlined]].  Laf flies away. Cy f ---> Laf!!! Both disappear temporarily. Then Laf reappears in another bush same species. Feeds. Cy j ---> Laf! Both hop about. Laf supplants Cy (can't tell if this supplant "intentional" or not). Cy retreats. Then flies off. Laf continues feeding. Then a Cinnamon appears. Makes a couple of inhibited Swoops at Laf. Laf moves off gradually and disappears.

^[[146 Cinn Laf]] 10:23. Laf ^[[checkmark]] back alone, feeding in first bush. Silent. Suddenly a Cinnamon appears, apparently buzzing in from some distance away, Swoops once at Laf, flies off. Swoop does not actually come within 3" of the Laf. Laf doesn't seem to react to it at all. Continues to feed. Then moves on in normal manner

^[[Laf]] Hear more Laf Songs down hill 10:27 am.

Now the rain has stopped, wind is coming up, and cloud cover has lightened.

Leaving 10:45 am

COMMENTS:

My preliminary assessment of the Diglossine situation here would be as follows:

^[[Laf Cy Ater CC Sitti]] I Lafs are common here, although not as numerous or as crowded together as in some areas other parts of the Andes. Similarly, Cys are common (for the species at least); but the population is not as dense as in a few other areas other parts of the Andes. Aters are relatively rare. CC's are relatively very rare. Sittis are rare in their usual manner.

^[[Cinn VIII]] Cinnamons are [[underlined]] very, [[/underlined]] very common. Undoubtedly the dominant nectarivorous type here. Green VIII Hummingbirds are moderately common (much less so than Cinnamons, but possibly more so than Laf

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