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Mixed Diglossini, May 15, 1965, I.  (31)

intermediate, in many respects, between those of the Quito region and those of some other part(s) of the Andes, such as the northern, isolated, part of the Central Cordillera.)

May 16, 1965
Region of Puracé

Going to work again in first area visited here (the area where there are so many Diglossini and hummingbirds). Arrive 5:38 am. Just starting to get light. Sky partly cloudy. Not too cold.

First Whitestart Song (brief) 5:51. No diglossine audible at the time. In general, birds have been quiet so far this morning.

Clouds piling up fairly rapidly. Looks like it might rain.

Whitestarts and wrens both Singing 5:56. But not overlapping. Whitestart Songs seem to be composed, essentially, of "sextuplets," Comme ça: "Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk tuk-ta". Sometimes repeated.

Very light sprinkle of rain starting 6:01 am.

^[[Laf]] 6:02 Whitestart Sings. This seems to [[underlined]] stimulate [[/underlined]] Laf to Sing also. Wide overlap. Then Whitestart shuts up. Laf continues alone. Shuts up. Whitestart Sings. Laf starts. Small overlap. Whitestart shuts up. Laf continues. Shuts up. This whole procedure repeated several times. I.E. Whitestart Songs seem to "trigger" Laf Songs. But Whitestart shuts up soon after Laf begins.

^[[170]] See Whitestart ^[[two checkmarks]] Singing 6:08. With mate. In tree. 20 ft up. Alone

^[[Cy]] Now Whitestart Singing alone. Low in scrub. Only 3 1/2 ft up. Laf has been silent for some minutes. Whitestart shuts up. Cy Sings typical phrase in distance. Cy shuts up. Whitestart Sings. Shuts up. Cy Sings several phrases.

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Moved "-lso" to end of previous page, per hyphenation rule.