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Mixed Diglossini, May 19, 1965, III.  (52)

^[[Scan]] audible at the time. Then Scans begin to Sing. Partial overlap. Atlapetes shuts up. Scans continue.

Well - at least there is some "segregation of Song" here. [[underlined]] Except [[/underlined]] for the Ater - Whitestart relationship!

Birds in general getting much quieter 5:55 am.

^[[Ater]] See single Ater ^[[checkmark]] feeding alone on usual white flowers.

^[[Scan 212]] 6:01 Now [[underlined]] only [[/underlined]] Scans are audible.

It is a lot colder today than yesterday!

^[[Scan]] Scans silent 6:03. And I can hear Atlapetes Whistle Songs in distance. Shut up. And Scan Sings (again) in distance. Shuts up. A couple of minutes later, Whitestart Sings a couple of phrases. Shuts up. Then Whitestart Sings again. Shuts up. Then Atlapetes Sings a number of Whistle Songs. Shuts up. Whitestart Sings. Shuts up. Atlapetes Sings again. Then Whitestart and Atlapetes alternate phrases in quite regular fashion. They certainly are being [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] scrupulous toward one another. Then both shut up.

^[[Scan]] Then Scan begins to Sing! Shuts up. Atlapetes Sings again.

^[[Ater]] It is really quite incredible, but it looks as if Ater is the [[underlined]] only one [[/underlined]] of my species here which is not much affected by mutual Song inhibition!!!

Atlapetes shuts up. Scan Sings again!

^[[Scan Ater 214]] Reach area where Ater-Scan dispute seen yesterday 6:15 am. Scan Singing and performing aerial displays. Don't see Aters. Scan shuts up. Then I see ^[[two checkmarks]] Aters flitting thru scrub. Then Ater Sings usual place! Then Scan Sings again. Large overlap. Scan shuts up. Ater continues. Shuts up.

Cloud cover increasing 6:22.

^[[Scan Ater]] Scan Singing again. The favorite Song perch of this Scan is approximately 100 yds from the Song perch of the Ater. (And so far, today, the "ranges"

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