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Central Cordillera Colombia   (85)

Mixed Diglossini, I       August 1, 1965 
Puracé                                    

Going to work this morning in the first place I worked a few months ago - i.e. the place where Cy, Ater, Laf and CC all occurred together.

Arrive 5:31 a.m. Still quite dark. Cold. Sky partly cloudy. Some fog in distance, coming up from Moscopán.

Everything very quiet at dawn.

SEE ALSO TODAY'S NOTES ON GENERAL MIXED FLOCKS

^[[VIII]] 6:08, See green hummingbird, presumably no. VIII, feeding on pink tubular [[underlined]] Passiflora [[/underlined]] (usual Andean type). [[underlined]] Surprisingly enough puts bill to base of green tubular part of the flower - not into pink petals [[/underlined]]!!! 

[[image - drawing of tubular flower with arrow pointing to base]]

^[[Gen]] [[underlined]] I think that this bird must have been putting its bill into a hole made by a Diglossa [[/underlined]] ( I remember that I thought hummingbirds VIII might be using Diglossa holes a couple of months ago - and that this might help to explain why they don't fight with Diglossas.)

6:10 A few Songs in distance which probably are uttered by Yellowfaced Whitestarts. NODWA

^[[Laf]] 6:18. Hear what probably is Laf Song - in very great distance. NODWA. Then silence. Then one more Yellowface Song. NODWA. Then silence again.

^[[Ater 1]] 6:23 Then see single ^[[checkmark]] Ater. Silent. 12 ft up in second growth tree in scrub. Not very far from noisy (but invisible) [[underlined]] Poecilothraupis; [[/underlined]]

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