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Mixed Diglossini, May 25, 1965, II.  (66)

but I haven't been able to identify most of them yet.

6:47. Hear what probably are more BQ phrases in distance.  Not overlapping anything of interest

6:55. See single Scan alone. Perched exposed, silent, top dead tree. Preening.  Then feeds on adjacent Guavo flowers.  This is about 150 yds from where a Scan was seen a couple of weeks ago.  I have not seen BQ's in this particular area.  Scan eventually flies away.

7:16. See a pair of CYR's, definitely alone, definitely feeding on Guavo flowers.  There must be a lot of competition for these flowers!

7:30. See what [[underlined]] may [[/underlined]], possibly, be a Scan flying and perching in tree about 50 yds from where BQ's seen a couple of weeks ago. Silent. No display.

7:35. See what [[underlined]] appears [[/underlined]] to be [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Bari [[/underlined]]. Silent. 15 feet up in tree 25 ft from where BQ Sang earlier this morning.  NOD.  Bird disappears almost immediately.

7:58. See BQ Singing exposed top tree quite near where presumed Scan seen a couple of weeks ago. Short phrases.  NOD.  No hummingbirds near.

Leaving 8:05 am.

This morning's observations would suggest that BQ's and Scans (and Baris, if they really occur here) are rare and rather sparsely scattered around here.  The territories of different species seem to overlap, at least to some extent; but individuals of different species do not seem to come into contact with one another.  Nor do their Songs overlap (now).

REMARK: Lehmann has collected the local WCC's (the white-capped form) at or just above Tijeras (probably in the exact same place where I have made some observations).  These WCC's were in a mixed flock, which also included Blue & Blacks (and possibly [[underlined]] parzudakii [[/underlined]]).